1. What did the U.S., France and Great Britain want after the war?
How do wars end?
What did the U.S., France and Great Britain want after the war?

2. The Paris Peace Conference
The “Big Four”
Woodrow Wilson – U.S.
Georges Clemenceau – France
Lloyd David George – Great Britain
Vittorio Orlando – Italy
Why is Russia not included?

3. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Goal: to create and ensure world peace
Ban secret treaties between nations
Freedom of the seas
Reduce tariffs and trade barriers
Arms reductions
Listen to the demands of colonies
Points 6-13 create boundary changes in Europe.
The League of Nations

4. The Treaty of Versailles
Goal: To punish Germany
Created nine new nations (pg. 400 in your book)
Took land from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Russia
Force Germany to sign a war-guilt clause
Force Germany to pay $33 billion in reparations
Ignored colonial demands
League of Nations – Why didn’t the U.S. join?
Why is WWII inevitable?

5. Considering the outcome of WWI, was WW II inevitable?