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Ending the First World War

Ending the First World War. Wilson’s plan for peace. Wilson arrives in Europe as a hero Has come to negotiate peace in Europe Conference at Versailles (France). Versailles. Versailles. Fourteen Points. Unveiled in 1918 Believed in internationalism Free trade and no secret treaties

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Ending the First World War

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  1. Ending the First World War

  2. Wilson’s plan for peace • Wilson arrives in Europe as a hero • Has come to negotiate peace in Europe • Conference at Versailles (France)

  3. Versailles

  4. Versailles

  5. Fourteen Points • Unveiled in 1918 • Believed in internationalism • Free trade and no secret treaties • Disarmament • Countries by nationality • Wants a “League of Nations” • Forum to talk without war

  6. Wilson is rejected • Wilson wants fair treaty • French and British want Germany to pay • Clemenceau (France) and George (England) • Central Powers and Russia not invited

  7. Treaty of Versailles

  8. The Treaty • End of Four Empires • Russia, Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman • Germany can’t have an army • Must return land to France • 33 billion dollars in reparations • Germany has to admit fault

  9. Fight over the League of Nations • Many Americans don’t like LON • Afraid it will damage U.S. sovereignty • Henry Cabot Lodge (R), Mass. • Leads fight against LON

  10. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

  11. Wilson campaigns for LON • Travels the country • Exhausted, falls ill • Has a stroke and is bedridden for months • Wilson refuses to compromise • Treaty is voted down by the Senate • U.S. does not join League of Nations

  12. Effects of the First World War • Death of four empires • Enormous debt on Germany • Massive death • Rise in global socialism • Spread of Fascism in Europe • Unresolved anger

  13. Stabbed in the back…

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