1. #41 Ch 11 S 4 Details: Read & Notes Ch 11 S 4 _________________ 11.4.6
Trace the declining role of Great Britain and the expanding role of the United States in world affairs.
11.4.4
Explain Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy (14 Points)
11.4.5
Analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of World War I on the home front.

2. Chapter 11: The First World War Section 4: Wilson Fights for Peace

3. Objectives
Following lecture and reading of this section, students will be able to:
Summarize Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Describe the Treaty of Versailles and international and domestic reaction to it
Explain some of the consequences of the war

4. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Wilson’s plan for world peace after WWI
3 groups made up the 14 points
1-5 addressed preventing another war
6-13 addressed boundary changes
Point 14 addressed creating the League of Nations
an international organization to be a forum for diplomatic crisis.
Page 399 (14 Points)

5. The Allies Reject Wilson’s Plan
At the peace conference the “Big Four” discussed a peace plan
Why did it fail?
Each leader had a different agenda
Wilson (U.S.) was looking for a lasting peace.
Clemenceau (France) having lived through two German invasions wanted to be sure Germany could never invade again
George (Britain) wanted to, “Make Germany pay,” the slogan won the election.
Orlando (Italy) wanted control of Austrian land

6. The Allies Reject Wilson’s Plan
Not included in the peace conference:
Germany; the enemy which France and Britain wanted revenge on
Russia; now a communist nation
Smaller allied nations

7. The Treaty of Versailles
Established 9 new nations
Nations created by taking land from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire
Barred Germany from maintaining an army
Germany forced to pay reparations $33Bil.
War damages paid from loser to winner

8. Treaty of Versailles (Germany)
Treatment of Germany did not provide for a lasting peace, it humiliated Germany.
War-guilt clause; forced Germany to take sole responsibility for the war.
Eventually led to WWII
Reparations were excessive and there was no way Germany could actually pay the bill.
Germany stripped of its colonial possessions in the Pacific (which they may have been able to sell to pay reparations)

9. Treaty of Versailles (Russia)
Fought on the side of the Allies
Became Communist
Lack of trust between Allies and Russians
Later leading into Cold War
Lost more men in battle than any other Ally
Lost more land than Germany as a result of Treaty
Wanted to regain lost territory.

10. Opposition to the Treaty
Many Americans thought it was too harsh
Economic consequences were a concern
Sell-out to imperialism
Ethnic groups did not like the new boundaries
Kept us involved in world affairs (League of Nations)
Americans wanted isolationism and “normalcy”
Congress wanted to maintain right to declare war

11. Opposition to the League of Nations
Many feared that we would have to form our foreign policy to fit the league
Wilson refused to compromise to get the treaty signed here in the U.S.
U.S. eventually signed a separate peace treaty with Germany in 1921
U.S. never joined League but held a seat as an observer

12. Legacy of the War (403) U.S. emerges as the dominant world power
Most of Europe was destroyed
U.S. factories supplied for rebuild
Social change in the U.S. for women and minorities (especially African Americans)
Political instability in Europe
Communism in Russia (now the Soviet Union)
Unfinished business for many (rise of Hitler)

13. #41 Ch 11 S 4 Details: Read & Notes Ch 11 S 4 Margin ?s: A-C (3)
Study Guide ?s 1-7 (7)
11.4.6
Trace the declining role of Great Britain and the expanding role of the United States in world affairs.
11.4.4
Explain Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy (14 Points)
11.4.5
Analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of World War I on the home front.

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