1. Treaty of Versailles and WWI Treaties
Objectives:
1) Demonstrate an understanding of the similarities and differences between the Treaty of Versailles and the Fourteen Points.
2) Assess the Treaty of Versailles and draw conclusions about the positive and negative aspects of the treaty.

2. Paris Peace Conference: What were Goals of Major Powers?
France:
# 1: SECURITY against Germany (Rhineland)
#2: Reparations
#3: Alsace-Lorraine
Great Britain:
Prime Min: Allow German recovery
Citizens “Make Germany Pay”
Italy: Adriatic Coast
US: Fourteen Points
Collective security
George, Orlando, Clemenceau, Wilson

3. Similarities: Fourteen Points and Paris Peace Conference Treaties
Alsace-Lorraine to France
League of Nations
Promote International Cooperation
Maintain Peace (settle disputes & reduce arms)
Independence / Self-determination for Poland and some others…
Dardanelles: Turkish but controlled by international commission

4. Europe 1914

5. Europe 1919

6. Contrasts: Fourteen Points and Paris Peace Conference Treaties
British vetoed Freedom of Seas
Readjustment of Colonial Claims & Self-determination
Who lost ALL their Imperialistic lands? ___________________________
War Guilt Clause
Who was punished in the Treaty? ________________________________
Massive Reparations (impossible to repay?)
$30 Billion
= 2.7 TRILLION today
Even for Pensions of widows of Allied soldiers
Lost imperialists territories
Severe limits on German military:
no conscription / army < 100,000
no u-boats / only 6 war ships
destroy airforce & heavy artillery

7. United States Response
Woodrow Wilson:
Disappointment in “peace of vengeance”
But hope for League of Nations
U.S. Senate:
Voted NOT to join League of Nations
League fails: WWII less than 20 years later...
Ratified separate treaty later on…
New Recognition of American Power

8. The Road to WWII... Germany Italy
German leaders had No Say in Treaty
Bitterness over Guilt Clause and Reparations
Economy unable to recover
E. Prussia cut off (Nationalities problem)
Italy
Heavily in Debt
Increasing Unemployment & Unrest
Hitler
Mussolini

9. CLOSURE Questions
Was the treaty a PEACE of Justice or PEACE of Revenge? (underline your answer and say WHY?)
What were the biggest mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles? (list them using bullets)
What positive aspects do you see in the treaty?
List two comparisons and two contrasts between the Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles.
Why are these ideas relevant to us today?

10. DISCUSSION: What do you think of the Treaty of Versailles and the other WWI treaties?