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    The document summarizes the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. It discusses Wilson's 14 Points plan for peace which included self-determination and a League of Nations. The treaty redrew borders in Europe and Middle East, creating new nations from the fallen empires. It placed sole blame and heavy reparations on Germany which caused bitterness. While aiming to prevent future wars, the harsh terms sowed seeds for renewed conflict.

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    The document summarizes the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. It discusses Wilson's 14 Points plan for peace which included self-determination and a League of Nations. The treaty redrew borders in Europe and Middle East, creating new nations from the fallen empires. It placed sole blame and heavy reparations on Germany which caused bitterness. While aiming to prevent future wars, the harsh terms sowed seeds for renewed conflict.

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    The document summarizes the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. It discusses Wilson's 14 Points plan for peace which included self-determination and a League of Nations. The treaty redrew borders in Europe and Middle East, creating new nations from the fallen empires. It placed sole blame and heavy reparations on Germany which caused bitterness. While aiming to prevent future wars, the harsh terms sowed seeds for renewed conflict.

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    A Flawed

    Peace
    The Allies Meet at Versailles
    • Woodrow Wilson (US)
    • Georges Clemenceau (France)
    • David Llyod George (UK)
    • Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
    Wilson’s Fourteen Points
    • End to secret treaties
    • Freedom of the seas
    • Free trade
    • Reduced national armies and navies
    • Adjustment of colonial claims with fairness
    towards colonial peoples.
    Wilson’s Fourteen Points
    • Points six through thirteen were specific
    changes to borders and for the creation of
    new nations.
    – Self-Determination – people allowed to decide for
    themselves under what government they wished
    to live.
    • Fourteenth Point – the establishment of the
    League of Nations
    New Nations Created
    • Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and
    Yugoslavia created from the Austria-Hungarian
    Empire.
    New Nations Created
    • Ottoman’s forced to give up most of their
    empire:
    – Palestine, Iraq, Transjordan, Syria, and Lebanon
    New Nations Created
    • Russia lost land as well:
    – Romania and Poland gained
    Russian land
    – Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and
    Lithuania
    The Treaty of Versailles
    • Creation of the League of Nations
    – International Peace Organization
    – Germany and Russia excluded from the League
    The Treaty of Versailles
    • Territorial Losses
    – Germany loses the Alsace-Lorraine region
    – French border extended to the west bank of the
    Rhine River
    – Germany surrenders all of its overseas colonies in
    Africa and the Pacific
    The Treaty of Versailles
    • Military Restrictions
    – Limits set on the size of the German Army
    – Germany prohibited from importing or
    manufacturing weapons or war materials.
    – Germany forbidden to build or buy submarines or
    have an air force.
    The Treaty of Versailles
    • War Guilt Clause
    – Sole responsibility for the war placed on Germany
    – Germany forced to pay $33 billion in reparations
    over 30 years.
    The Treaty of Versailles
    • The Treaty of Versailles was rejected by the US
    Senate.
    • Americans wanted to stay out of European
    affairs.
    The Treaty of Versailles
    • The Treaty created bitterness by the German
    people against the Allies.
    The Legacy of the War
    • The extreme cost:
    – 8.5 Million soldiers died
    – 21 Million more wounded
    – An entire generation of Europeans were wiped
    out.
    • Economic Cost:
    – $338 Billion
    – Farms, homes, villages, and towns destroyed
    The Legacy of the War
    World War I created the groundwork for World
    War II!!!!!!!!

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