1. WWI Important Documents
The Treaty of Versailles
Wilson’s 14 Point Speech

2. These men met together, arguing about peace terms in Versailles
The Big Four
1. Woodrow Wilson: United Statesd
2. David Loyd George: Great Britian
3. Georges Clemenceau: France
4. Vittorio Orlando: Italy
These men met together, arguing about peace terms in Versailles

3. Treaty of Versailles June 1919
Germany was
Disarmed
Stripped of colonies
Forced to admit guilt for war
Allow French occupation in Rhineland (15 years)
Pay reparations to Great Britain and France

4. Treaty of Versailles
Territories once controlled by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia were taken by the Allies
Independence was granted Estonia , Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland; Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were established
Signers of the treaty join an international peacekeeping organization
League of Nations: called each member nation to stand ready to protect the independence and territorial integrity of other nations

5. Fourteen Points Woodrow Wilson
This was Wilson’s program for all countries
No more secret treaties or alliances
Freedom on seas in war and peace must be recognized
Equality of trade in all nations who agree on peace
Reduction of national armaments
Colonial claims will be cut down without favoring any particular country
Self- determination for many groups in the Austro- Hungarian empire
the right to rule yourself

6. Fourteen Points Wilson’s last and favorite point
“A general association of nations must be formed…for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.”
(League of Nations…)

7. Fair peace International cooperation Self-determination
Wilson’s 14 points
Better world ‘safe for democracy’
Fair peace
Self-determination
International cooperation
Wilson wanted a better world ‘safe for democracy’, fair peace, self-determination, and international cooperation .

8. The Treaty of Versailles and 14 Points
Only defeated powers made to disarm
Colonies given no say in their future
Germany is guilty
Germany loses land
Freedom on seas
Disarmament
Germany to be treated fairly
Self- determination
League of Nations

9. Battle for Ratification IN THE UNITED STATES
Wilson asked Americans to vote Democratic in midterm elections
Republicans won a solid majority
Angered republicans refused to vote for the Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

10. Battle for Ratification IN THE UNITED STATES
The person responsible for rallying the republican party against ratification of the Treaty of Versailles was a republican senator named Henry Cabot Lodge. He led a group of republicans that would accept joining the league of nations and the treaty if certain reservations were added to the agreement, but Wilson refused to budge so the Treaty was never passed by the senate.