1. Making the Peace: 370

2. Inadvertently Guaranteeing the Next World War. In 1918, Woodrow Wilson wanted WW I to be the “War to end Wars”, but France and Britain had goals to punish Germany and the other Central Power allies that would guarantee an even greater war …..

3. Pandemic: a spreading disease that covers a large area of the Earth. –An influenza pandemic killed over 20 million people, world wide. Most likely, the accelerated global shipping traffic spread the disease quickly, few nations were prepared or spared. –Inadequate and/or overtaxed medical systems could not meet all the demand for care…..

4. Reparations: payment for war damage and loss. –The Central Powers would be forced to pay for the war. Germany the most

5. Radicals: people who want to make extreme changes in their government and society.

6. Mandates: France and Britain divided former Central Power colonies rather than giving the colonists independence: –African colonies: Britain and France from Germany –Asian-Pacific colonies: Japan and Australia from Germany –Middle Eastern lands: Britain and France from the Ottoman Empire Colonial people hated the Big Three even more.

7. Collective security: One of Wilson’s partly successful ideas. Nations would work together to prevent future wars –By peacefully solving international arguments.

8. Standards Check, p. 371 Question: Millions of soldiers and civilians lost their lives, Property was destroyed Several countries experienced political turmoil

9. Thinking Critically, p. 371 answer questions to graphic organizers. 1. Germany and France US entered late 2 Smaller country, many casualties meant fewer men to take care of the French economy, and families.

10. Standards Check, p. 372 Question: Wilson (US) wanted peace without revenge Lloyd George (UK) wanted to please the British people by punishing Germany and getting money. Clemenceau (France) wanted to weaken Germany so it could never threaten France again. –Also make Germany pay for the lives and property France lost.

11. Map Skills, p. 373 2. Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria 3. The defeated countries would have been unhappy to lose so much territory. Lesser Allied countries were disappointed that they did not win MORE territory.

12. Standards Check, p. 373 Question: They believed the treaty would be based on Wilson’s more lenient Fourteen Points

13. Image, 374, Questions: 1 The reparations that Germany was forced to make to the Allied countries 2 The cartoonist may agree with the ideas behind the treaties, but may have been skeptical about the fairness and the practicality

14. Standards Check, p. 374 Question: The United States did not join the League. It did not have any leadership in the world. The League was too weak to stop new wars from starting.

15. Brief Response: Political Cartoon Is the cartoonist for or against the US Congress rejecting the Versailles Treaty? How do the cartoonist show this opinion?

16. End hwk Begin class work