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2  an individual who, on religious, moral or ethical grounds, refuses to participate as a combatant in war  Would be given non-combat positions or they would face jail sentences

3  Truce that officially ends a war  On the 11 th hour, of the 11 th day of the 11 th month 1918, WWI officially ended

4  Germany 1.7 million  AH 1.25 million  Italy 460,000

5  Russia- 1.75 million  France- 1.4 million  Great Britain- 760,000  British Empire- 251,900  USA- 114,000

6  Total deaths are estimated between 8 and 10 million

7  estimated global mortality from the 1918-1919 pandemic at anywhere between 30 and 50 million. An estimated 675,000 Americans were among the dead.

8  Russian Revolution, November 1917.  People calling themselves Bolsheviks overthrows government.  Communists, led by V.I. Lenin.  Take Russia out of war with Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

9  Lenin’s body is on permanent display in the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square.

10  14 Points (January 1918)- Wilson’s 14 part plan for peace  Establish democracy  League of Nations- congress of nations to settle international disputes

11  Allies disagree, want Germany to be punished.  “Big Four” meet at Palace of Versailles outside Paris.  Wilson – U.S.  David Lloyd George – Great Britain  Georges Clemenceau – France  Vittorio Orlando - Italy

12  No members of the Central Powers were invited  Wilson and the other leaders clashed  Britain and France wanted Germany to pay

13  Germany accepts responsibility for starting the war (War Guilt Clause)  War Reparations (repaying $$)- $33 billion  Germany had to return Alsace-Lorraine to France  Germany’s army reduced in size

14  Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were created  Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania became free states  Self-Determination- people decide how to run their country after the war

15  The US Congress refused to join the League of Nations or agree to the Treaty of Versailles  Wilson campaigned the nation and suffered a stroke


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