1. Wilson, War, and Peace
Play song from above link
“Over there, over there. Send the word, send the word over there, that the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming…So prepare, say a pray’r, send the word, send the word to beware. We’ll be over, we’re coming over, and we won’t come back till it’s over Over there.”

2. America gives Allies the Edge
Allied Convoys protect shipping
Germany renewed unrestricted submarine warfare
Allies lost crucial supplies
Solution: Convoys
Instant success

3. The Allies Struggle Russian Revolution
March 1917
Overthrew Czar Nicholas II
Nov 1917-communist Vladimir Lenin gained control of Russia
Ended the war with Germany
Germany could now concentrate on the Western Front

4. American Troops Join the Fight
June 1917-General John J. Pershing
American troops-called “doughboys”
Saw significant action
Greatest war hero-Alvin York of Tennessee

5. Statistics 1.3 million Americans served on the front
50,000 lost their lives
230,000 wounded
Thousands of heroes
African Americans-369th infantry

6. The War Ends
November 11, 1918
Compiegne, France

7. Wilson Promotes Peace without Victory
Fourteen Points
Peace inspired by noble ideals, not greed & vengeance
Open diplomacy
Freedom of seas
Free trade
End colonialism
Self-determination

8. League of Nations
To secure “mutual guarantees of political independence
Peace conference Versailles-1919
Wilson-attended-no leading republicans went
Henry Cabot Lodge

9. Allied Leaders Reject Wilson’s Ideas
Who’s to blame?
Pay reparations
Return of Alsace-Lorraine/several other German colonies
Only thing they kept was the League of Nations

10. Problems with the Peace
Self-determination violated
Germans attached to non-German states
Ottoman Empire split-new states clustered randomly
America rejected the treaty

11. America rejects the Treaty
German-Americans thought it was too harsh
Irreconcilables
Reservationists
Too vague
Pres. Wilson has a stroke

12. Senate Rejects the Versailles Treaty
Three strikes, you’re out
Problem:
Most senators wanted the US to participate
But they could not get over personal/political differences for the good of the country
LONG-TERM effect:
Without American support, the League of Nations was unable to maintain peace among nations