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WWI Important Documents

WWI Important Documents. The Treaty of Versailles Wilson’s 14 Point Speech. The Big Four. 1. Woodrow Wilson: United Statesd 2. David Loyd George: Great Britian 3. Georges Clemenceau: France 4. Vittorio Orlando: Italy These men met together, arguing about peace terms in Versailles.

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WWI Important Documents

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  1. WWI Important Documents The Treaty of Versailles Wilson’s 14 Point Speech

  2. The Big Four • 1. Woodrow Wilson: United Statesd • 2. David Loyd George: Great Britian • 3. Georges Clemenceau: France • 4. Vittorio Orlando: Italy These men met together, arguing about peace terms in Versailles

  3. Treaty of Versailles June 1919 • Germany was • Disarmed • Stripped of colonies • Forced to admit guilt for war • Allow French occupation in Rhineland (15 years) • Pay reparations to Great Britain and France

  4. Treaty of Versailles • Territories once controlled by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia were taken by the Allies • Independence was granted Estonia , Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland; Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were established • Signers of the treaty join an international peacekeeping organization • League of Nations: called each member nation to stand ready to protect the independence and territorial integrity of other nations

  5. Fourteen Points Woodrow Wilson This was Wilson’s program for all countries • No more secret treaties or alliances • Freedom on seas in war and peace must be recognized • Equality of trade in all nations who agree on peace • Reduction of national armaments • Colonial claims will be cut down without favoring any particular country • Self- determination for many groups in the Austro-Hungarian empire the right to rule yourself

  6. Fourteen Points Wilson’s last and favorite point • “A general association of nations must be formed…for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.” (League of Nations…)

  7. The Treaty of Versailles and 14 Points • Self- determination • League of Nations

  8. Battle for Ratification IN THE UNITED STATES

  9. Battle for Ratification IN THE UNITED STATES The person responsible for rallying the republican party against ratification of the Treaty of Versailles was a republican senator named Henry Cabot Lodge. He led a group of republicans that would accept joining the league of nations and the treaty if certain reservations were added to the agreement, but Wilson refused to budge so the Treaty was never passed by the senate.

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