The Failed Peace
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The Failed Peace Now that the war was “over,” Wilson traveled to France to help the Allies set the terms of peace - Remember “__________________?” - He finally deemed the world “safe for democracy” - 1 st U.S. Pres. to meet foreign leaders on _________soil - Hopes were high! BUT _______________ from other countries did not share his hopes Wilson’s 14 Points - Wilson wanted world peace - Europe wanted revenge & to punish the Germans for the war Fourteen Points: _________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ The Points to KNOW: 1. An end to _________________ agreements - Secrecy had encouraged a messy web of rival alliances that had helped lead to war 2. Freedom of the seas & free _______________ 3. Limit on _____________ 4. _______________settlement of disputes over colonies 5. National s___________________________________: right of national groups to have their own territory & forms of gov’t 14. ___________________________: association of nations formed after ww1 under Wilson’s 14 point plan intended to protect the independence of all countries—large or small + promotes __________& __________________ - too vague, _________________, not all Allies wanted the same thing Paris Peace Conference: - Diplomats from _______ nations met at Paris & Versailles to negotiate 5 separate peace treaties - Key issues were decided by the leaders of the Allied nations Big Four: ____________________________________ Disagreement Among Allies: - Wilson wanted “_____________________________________” = opposed punishing the defeated powers (already lost :-/) - Other Allies wanted revenge - _________________________: cash payments for the losses they had suffered during the war - ____________________________: Germany accepts responsibility for the war Harsh Terms for Germany: - ______________________________________ : treaty signed on June 28 th , 1919 by Germany & the Allies; formally placed the responsibility for the war on Germany and its allies - Germany wasn’t even allowed to send delegates to the peace talks - None of the Allies were satisfied - Germany had to pay Allies HUGE ___________________ - Cost of pensions for Allied soldiers/ their widows & children - Reparation costs would exceed $__________billion - Alsace-Lorraine was returned to ____________ - Germany was stripped of its ___________________(now under GB or France) More on the back….
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Now that the war was “over,” Wilson traveled to France to help the Allies set the terms of peace - Remember “__________________?” - He finally deemed the world “safe for democracy” - 1 st U.S. Pres. to meet foreign leaders on _________soil - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Failed PeaceNow that the war was “over,” Wilson traveled to France to help the Allies set the terms of peace- Remember “__________________?”- He finally deemed the world “safe for democracy”- 1st U.S. Pres. to meet foreign leaders on _________soil- Hopes were high! BUT _______________ from other countries did not share his hopes
Wilson’s 14 Points- Wilson wanted world peace
- Europe wanted revenge & to punish the Germans for the warFourteen Points: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Points to KNOW:1. An end to _________________ agreements
- Secrecy had encouraged a messy web of rival alliances that had helped lead to war
2. Freedom of the seas & free _______________3. Limit on _____________4. _______________settlement of disputes over colonies5. National s___________________________________: right of
national groups to have their own territory & forms of gov’t
14. ___________________________: association of nations formed after ww1 under Wilson’s 14 point plan intended to protect the
independence of all countries—large or small + promotes __________& __________________
- too vague, _________________, not all Allies wanted the same thing
Paris Peace Conference:- Diplomats from _______ nations met at Paris & Versailles to
negotiate 5 separate peace treaties- Key issues were decided by the leaders of the Allied nations
Big Four: ____________________________________
Disagreement Among Allies:- Wilson wanted “_____________________________________”
= opposed punishing the defeated powers (already lost :-/)- Other Allies wanted revenge
- _________________________: cash payments for the losses they had suffered during the war
- ____________________________: Germany accepts responsibility for the war
Harsh Terms for Germany:- ______________________________________ : treaty signed on
June 28th, 1919 by Germany & the Allies; formally placed the responsibility for the war on Germany and its allies
- Germany wasn’t even allowed to send delegates to the peace talks - None of the Allies were satisfied
- Germany had to pay Allies HUGE ___________________- Cost of pensions for Allied soldiers/ their widows & children- Reparation costs would exceed $__________billion
- Alsace-Lorraine was returned to ____________- Germany was stripped of its ___________________(now under GB or France)
More on the back….
Majority favored the treaty (peace)A minority opposed it
- Too _________________on defeated powers- German-Americans thought it too ___________- Used as a Republican platform to rip Wilson (D) apart- _________________________ : people who wanted the U.S. to stay out of world affairs & opposed the LON
The Defeated Treaty:- Wilson wouldn’t budge on how crucial his _______was…but people didn’t want it as much as he did- He go so stressed out promoting it that he had a stroke- Loose ends at the end of a war would now serve as a ___________________________________________
