1. The War to End All Wars

2. Wilson’s 14 Points
Before the end of the war, Wilson came up with a plan for world peace that he called the 14 Points
The most important of these points were:
- The end to secret alliances
- A reduction in armaments
- Adjust colonial claims
- Freedom of the seas

3. The Big Four Woodrow Wilson –United States David Lloyd-George
–Great Britain
Georges Clemenceau
–France
Vittorio Orlando
–Italy

4. The Treaty of Versailles
The “Big Four” met up to discuss the terms of the treaty
Who is missing?
European leaders wanted very different goals than Wilson’s 14 Points
They had no interest in peacefully ending the war, they wanted to punish Germany and grab as much power and land as possible

5. What was in the Treaty? Germany was punished very harshly
There weren’t allowed to have tanks or an air force
Their military was not allowed to be any larger than 100,000 men
The Rhineland became a de-militarized zone
They couldn’t have any submarines or new battle ships

6. What Else?
Much of Germany was broken up and given to other countries

8. Reparations
Germany was also forced to accept all of the blame for the war on the part of her and her allies
Austria-Hungary didn’t get the blame
Germany had to pay $33 billion in reparations –mostly to France
Finally fully payed off in 2010

9. What about America?
Wilson created the League of Nations as a panel of world leaders to try to intercede in world conflicts to prevent the outbreak of another major war
Despite the League of Nations being create by Wilson, congress voted to not join the League
American became even more isolationist