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WORLD HISTORY MR.HOOD´S NOTES DECEMBER 2014 29.4 A FLAWED PEACE
MAIN IDEA POWER AND AUTHORITY AFTER WINNING THE WAR, THE ALLIES DICTATED A HARSH PEACE SETTLEMENT THAT LEFT MANY NATIONS FEELING BETRAYED.
WHY IT MATTERS NOW HARD FEELINGS LEFT BY THE PEACE SETTLEMENT HELPED CAUSE WORLD WAR II.
THE GREAT WAR WAS OVER PEACE NOW TOP OF AGENDA
A CONFERENCE WAS CALLED AT THE PALACE OF VERSAILLE
IT WAS A BITTER DEBATE EUROPE STRUGGLED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
OBJECTIVE 1 EXPLAIN EVENTS THAT LED TO THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
MEETING ATTENDED BY 34 COUNTRIES
RUSSIA NOT REPRESENTED (FIGHTING A CIVIL WAR)
GERMANY NOT REPRESENTED (CONSIDERED GUILTY PARTY)
WILSON PROPOSED A PLAN WITH FOURTEEN POINTS
WILSON´S PLAN WANTED JUST + LASTING PEACE
WILSON: NO SECRET TREATIES (ALLIANCES CAUSE OF WAR)
WILSON: REDUCED ARMIES (MILITARISM CAUSE OF WAR)
WILSON: ADJUSTMENT OF COLONIAL CLAIMS (IMPERIALISM CAUSE OF WAR)
TREATY OF VERSAILLE SIGNED 5 YEARS AFTER FRANZ FERDINAND SHOT
GERMANY SOLELY BLAMED FOR WAR (NOT AUSTRIA-HUNGARY?)
GERMANY LOST COLONIES TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS
TREATY ALSO CREATED LEAGUE OF NATIONS
OBJECTIVE 2 IDENTIFY THE EFFECTS OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN POWERS
BUT ONLY CAUSED PROBLEMS AMONG VICTORS + LOSERS
CENTRAL POWERS ALL LOST LAND + NEW COUNTRIES CREATED
RUSSIA LOST LAND, TOO POLAND + ROMANIA GAINED LAND