1. Knowledge Connections Definition Picture Term Vocabulary  CompromiseReparations

2. Essential Question Why did Germany feel the treaty was too harsh?

3. What did European leaders want? European leaders had their own goals of peace They wanted to prevent future invasions They wanted to make losing nations, especially Germany, pay for the destruction of the war

4. Did Wilson agree with European leaders? Eventually, Wilson gave up on some of his Fourteen Points He focused primary on creating an international peacekeeping organization, the League of Nations Wilson thought that the League of Nations would be able to fix unfair treaty terms later

5. What was the Treaty of Versailles? The Treaty of Versailles was the name given to the peace agreement created after the war It was given its name because it was signed at the Palace of Versailles in Paris, France Germany considered the treaty too harsh and most unfair

6. What were the terms of the treaty? Treaty of Versailles International Relations League of Nations created Responsibility Germany forced to take blame for the war Germany forced to pay reparations Territory New nations created in Eastern Europe Germany forced to return territory to France Military Strength Size of Germany army and navy reduced Germany banned from military bases near the Rhine River

7. What new nations were created? Two empires disappeared: the Austro- Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire Land taken from Austria- Hungary, Germany, and Russia created the following nations: Forming new nations created new problems, almost every nation had different ethnic groups living together… Finland Latvia Estonia Poland Lithuania Czechoslovakia Austria Hungary Yugoslavia

8. Essential Question Why did Germany feel the treaty was too harsh?

9. Treaty on Germany