The American Nation In the Modern Era 4/12/2017 Chapter 12 WORLD WAR I Section 1: World War I Breaks Out Section 2: The United States Goes to War Section 3: The War at Home Section 4: The War’s End and Aftermath CHAPTER 12--WORLD WAR I

Objectives: Section 4: The War’s End and Aftermath What were the final events of World War I? What were the goals of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points? What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles? What was the global impact of World War I?

Final events of World War I Section 4: The War’s End and Aftermath Final events of World War I Germans fail to capture Paris in 1918. Allies push forward in the Argonne offensive. Mutinies break out in the German army and navy, and civilians riot over food. Armistice signed on November 11, 1918.

Goals of the Fourteen Points Section 4: The War’s End and Aftermath Goals of the Fourteen Points provide self-determination resolution of territorial disputes end secret diplomacy and the arms race stop violations of freedom of the seas end trade barriers

Terms of the Treaty of Versailles Section 4: The War’s End and Aftermath Terms of the Treaty of Versailles divided Germany’s colonies and the Ottoman Empire among Allied nations established a mandate system created new nations

Reasons for Senate rejection of Treaty of Versailles Section 4: The War’s End and Aftermath Reasons for Senate rejection of Treaty of Versailles Some senators rejected the League of Nations completely. Some senators rejected Article 10 in the League Covenant because it might force the U.S. into an unwanted war.

Global impact of World War I Section 4: The War’s End and Aftermath Global impact of World War I heavy human cost heavy economic cost growing chaos in Germany territorial disputes in Europe and the Middle East