1. Objective: To analyze Wilson’s peace plan and the Versailles Treaty
Objective: To analyze Wilson’s peace plan and the Versailles Treaty. USHC 5.5
Palace of Versailles

2. Adios, dandelion! I guess my work here is done!

3. Huh? I thought I took care of that stubborn dandelion!

4. What were the four MAIN, or “root” causes of World War I?
How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the start of WWII?
World War I
World War II
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
Alliances

5. Wilson’s Plan for Peace
President Wilson’s goals for peace after World War I, known as the Fourteen Points, included the following.
· an end to secret agreements among nations
· freedom of the seas, free trade, and a limit on arms
· allow national groups self-determination
· formation of a League of Nations in order to protect the independence of all nations and settle international disputes

6. - Germany was forced to:
Versailles Treaty
- Germany was forced to:
· take full blame for the war
· completely disarm
· pay huge reparations to the Allies
· give up it’s colonies to the Allies
* Germany was an angry, humiliated nation, setting the stage for World War II.

8. - Based on the goal of self-determination, many new nations were formed.
Examples: Finland, Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia

9. - The Allies agreed to form the League of Nations.