1. Making the Peace and Winning the War
Sections 4 and 5

2. End of War Italy switches sides to Britain and France, promised lands
Russia leaves the war-they were completely unprepared for it.

3. Wilson’s 14 points Intro
President Woodrow Wilson issued his 14 points-
a list of terms for resolving this and future wars.
After all, the ‘Great War’ was supposed to be “the war to end all wars”
Vocab: Self-determination-
The right of people to choose their own form of government.

4. Task:
Read the excerpts from Wilson’s 14 points and take notes as you go
Summarize the main idea of each point

5. Review of Wilson’s Goals
Spreading democracy: the citizens of other nations should have the freedom to choose representative or democratic government.
Open markets: nations should work to lower barriers to free trade among themselves.
International organization dedicated to keeping peace: by joining together and promising to protect each other, democratic nations could deter wars of aggression and conquest.

6. The Paris Peace Conference
The Costs of War were heavily considered
Human: 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded
Financial: $196.5 billion (adjusted)
The conference had trouble making peace, was faced with conflicting demands and a vengeful Europe looking to blame/punish Germany.
The Treaty of Versailles is signed June 1919 to officially end the war.

7. Task:
Now that we have reviewed Wilson’s 14 points and the foreign policy goals he hoped they would achieve, how did Wilson’s points actually compare to the resulting peace treaty?
Match the points with excerpts from the treaty

8. Results of the Treaty New Nations emerge in Eastern Europe
Italy gained less territory than promised
Japan felt ignored
Growth of Nationalism in Colonies that had helped fight the war but were denied independence
Germany was harshly punished:
Lost more than 10% of their territory
Lost all their colonies
Required to disarm
Had to pay expensive reparations (war damages)
Forced to take all the blame
These nations (especially Germany) felt betrayed, angry, resentful

9. Results of the War
*Find the Differences!
Do-now, individual work

10. Task: Reflect
If you were a supporter of Wilsonian foreign policy, would you support the Treaty of Versailles? Why or why not?
Does the Treaty of Versailles create a lasting peace plan for the world? Explain why or why not.

11. Task: Reactions to the Treaty
Now that we have reviewed the Treaty and it’s results let’s examine how each of the major power’s reacted.
You will be a member of a country:
1=Germany
2= US
3=France
4=Britain
Using the primary source packet answer the following questions that apply to your sources
Write a report of your nation’s reactions to share with the class

12. Task: Reactions
Now that we have reviewed the Treaty and it’s results let’s examine how each of the major power’s reacted.
Using the primary sources answer the questions that follow at the back of the packet.