Transcript 2. Following World War I, the Allies

Warm Up
1. "The Fourteen Points" of the early 20th century
A) was a declaration of US neutrality.
B) warned Americans not to travel on European ships.
C) provided secret aid to Britain before the US entered the war.
D) were issued by President Wilson as a basis for a lasting peace.
2. Following World War I, the Allies
A) created the United Nations to prevent another such conflict.
B) agreed to unite against the rising power of the United States.
C) agreed to immediately grant independence to their colonial
possessions around the world.
D) blamed Germany for the starting the war and forced them to
compensate all countries involved.
Warm Up
3. In the months leading up to World War I, the United States
wanted to maintain its neutrality because
A) President Wilson was a Quaker and was against warfare of any
kind.
B) the armed forces were preoccupied with problems on the Mexican
border.
C) the U.S. had the strongest navy in the world and it was needed to
keep the coastline secure.
D) the U.S. was trading heavily with European nations and did not want
its business interrupted.
4. What country left World War I in 1917 and made a separate
peace with the Central Powers?
A) France
B) Russia
C) England
D) United States
Activating Strategy
Complete this sentence in your notebook.
President Wilson wanted ________ and
France, Italy and Great Britain wanted
________ at the Peace Conference.
What did European leaders want?
European leaders had their own goals
of peace
They wanted to prevent future invasions
They wanted to make losing nations, especially
Germany, pay for the destruction of the war
Did Wilson agree with European leaders?
Eventually, Wilson gave up on some of his Fourteen Points
He focused primary on
creating an international
peacekeeping
organization,
the League of Nations
Wilson thought that the League of Nations would
be able to fix unfair treaty terms later
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The Treaty of Versailles was the name given to the peace
agreement created after the war
It was given its name because it
was signed at the Palace of
Versailles in Paris, France
Germany considered the treaty too
harsh and most unfair
What were the terms of the treaty?
Treaty of Versailles
Responsibility
International Relations
• Germany forced to take blame for the war
• League of Nations created
Territory
• New nations created in Eastern
Europe
• Germany forced to return
territory to France
• Germany forced to pay reparations
Military Strength
•Size of Germany army and navy
reduced
•Germany banned from military
bases near the Rhine River
What new nations were created?
Two empires disappeared: the AustroHungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire
Land taken from AustriaHungary, Germany, and
Russia created the
following nations:
• Finland
• Latvia
• Estonia
• Poland
• Lithuania
• Czechoslovakia
• Austria
• Hungary
• Yugoslavia
Forming new nations created new
problems, almost every nation had
different ethnic groups living together…
Assessment Prompt
think, write, share
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List three outcomes of World War I.
Rank them in order of importance
1 being the best, 3 being the worst
Justify.
Learning Activity 2
• Annotate and Analyze the Treaty of
Versailles
• Compare Wilson’s 14 points to the Treaty
of Versaille
Assessment Prompt 2
What is the relationship between Wilson’s
14 points and the Treaty of Versailles?
Summarizing Strategy
I learned ______, _________,and _______
today but the most important thing I learn
was__________.