Transcript Chapter 19 *The World War I Era*

Section 5 “Global Peacemaker”
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Fourteen Points
Self-determination
Spoils
League of Nations
Reparations
Versailles Treaty
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President Wilson “Fourteen Points” Main goal:
establish an agency where countries could
work together to resolve disputes peacefully
and guarantee international stability.
Big Four: David Lloyd George of Britain,
Georges Clemenceau of France, and Vittorio
Orlando of Italy
Allies feared Russia
pledged that members of the League
would regard an attack on one country
as an attack on all.
 the force of the article depended on
the will of members to back it up with
their armies
 U.S. wanted to avoid foreign wars.
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Map of Europe
◦ Difficult
◦ Nations Created buffer zone for
Bolshevik Russia
◦ Ottoman Empire divided into nations
 War Guilt & Reparations
◦ Germany responsible (force to pay
$33 billion)
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senators opposed the treaty because it
committed the U.S. to the League of Nations
Wilson tours U.S. to win support for Treaty
Congress voted to disregard the Treaty of
Versailles
U.S. gains position of strength
Jobs scarce
Post War gloom: sense of gloom or
disillusionment
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1. What expectations did Wilson and the
allies bring to the Pairs Peace conference?
2. Describe three Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen
Points.
3. How did Wilson’s allies react to the
Fourteen Points?
4. What were the important provisions of the
peace treaty?
5. How did the Allies both encourage and
discourage self-determination in Europe?
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6. Why did France and Britain demand
reparations from Germany?
7. How did the federal government and
ordinary Americans react to the end of war?
8. Why do you think many Americans
opposed the Versailles Treaty?
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Legacy of World War I
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/worldwar-i-history/videos/legacy-of-world-wari?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
Paris Peace Conference
http://www.history.com/shows/the-worldwars/videos/the-paris-peace-conference-fallsapart?m=5189719baf036&s=All&f=1&free=false
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/worldwar-i-history/videos/treaty-of-versailles-endworld-wari?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
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A) not be located in the United States.
B) draw the United States into another war.
C) be too expensive.
D) accept too many nations as members
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A) create a lasting peace.
B) Force Germany to pay for war damages
C) promote imperialism.
D) preserve Europe’s system of alliances.
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A) Great Britain's power as a nation
diminished.
B) The United States became the world's
largest creditor nation.
C) Germany was weakened by the Treaty of
Versailles.
D) Jobs became abundant for returning
American soldiers.
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Wilson called for the rights of AustriaHungary’s ethnic groups to selfdetermination.
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The Big four were David Lloyd George of
Britain, Georges Clemenseau of France,
Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and Woodrow Wilson
of the United States.
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The United States and Great Britain wanted
Germany to supply war reparations.
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Americans accepted the Versailles Treaty.