1. Learning Objective:
Today I will be able analyze the effects of the end of the Great War by summarizing the 14 Points.
Agenda:
Learning Objective
Lecture Notes: Ch End of WWI
Fourteen Points
Exit Slip
Were the treaties made in Versailles fair to all nations involved in WWI?

2. Treaty of Versailles Ends WWI
What was the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?
Analyze why is this treaty considered the unhappy compromise?
How could the creators of the Treaty of Versailles have handled the end of WWI differently? Would history look differently? How so?

3. Title Notes: Ch. 13.4 End of WWI
Triple Alliance
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Central Powers
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
Triple Entente
Russia
France
Great Britain
Allied Powers
Italy
U.S.
VS.

4. Russia withdraws from WWI
Because of Russian Civil War
Czar Nicholas steps down
Vladimir Lenin took over.
Communist Leader
Second Battle of Marne
Germans attack, reach Marne river, & very close to Paris.
140, 000 US fresh troops counterattack Germans.
Armistice between France & Germany
WWI Ends Nov. 11, 1918

6. Paris Peace Conference
Treaty of Versailles; June 28, 1919
Signed by Germany & Allies
Treaty of St. Germain; Sep. 10, 1919
Signed by Austria & Allies
Treaty of Neuillly; Nov. 27, 1919
Signed Bulgaria & Allies
Treaty of Trianon; July 24, 1920
Signed by Hungary & Allies
Signed Treaty of Sevres Treaty of Lausanne
Signed on Aug. 10, by Ottman Empire (Turkey) & Allies
Revised July 24, 1923

7. Big Four Leaders of the Allied Powers at Paris Peace Conference.
AKA, Council of Four
Woodrow Wilson, US
David Lloyde George, GB
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Italy
Georges Clemenceau, France
(left to right)
David Lloyde George, Vittoro Emanuele Orlando, George Clemenceau, & Woodrow Wilson.

8. Fourteen Points League of Nations Postwar plan
US President Woodrow Wilson’s suggestions for peace
Create an international peace group, end secret treaties, free trade, reduce armies & navies, new borders, & self-determination.
Most suggestions denied since France & GB wanted revenge.
League of Nations
International organization to keep peace among nations
Created from Fourteen Points.

9. Germany guilt clause:
Germany must take sole responsibility of war damages.
Forced to pay allies $33 billion for reparations.
Lost overseas lands
Reduce & limit size of army.

10. Declarations on Other Treaties:
Central Powers give up imperial lands.
Austria-Hungary & Ottoman Empire dissolved.
Ottoman is now Turkey.
Austria also responsible for war.
New Independent countries:
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Yugoslavia

11. 4 Major Effects of WWI Germany became bitter
Economic depression in Europe
Homes & farmland destroyed
Faith on government was gone…

13. Fourteen Points (I DO, WE DO, YOU DO)IX II X
III XI IV
XII V
XIII VI
XIV
VII
VIII
Read Wilson’s “Point”
Summarize in one sentence.

14. Fourteen Points- handoutIX II X
III XI IV
XII V
XIII VI
XIV
VII
VIII
Read suggestions the teacher assigns to you.
With your partner summarize the points in your own words, write clearly & use a complete sentence.
Be ready to share your summary with the rest of the class.

15. Exit Slip
If you were one of the Big Four, what terms would you have suggested in the Paris Peace Conference at the end of WWI? Explain the reasoning behind your suggestion.
Sentence Starter:
If I was one of the Big Four I would suggest….
because….