1. SWBAT: Describe the United States role in ending World War I
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a) Temple of Peace Political Cartoon Worksheet

3. U.S. Entry into World War I
The United States’ Congress officially declares war on Germany and enters World War I on April 6, 1917.
U.S. entry tipped the scales in favor of the Allies.
November 11, 1918 at 5:00am an armistice was signed in a railroad carriage at Compiègne.
November 11, 1918 at 11:00am - "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" — a ceasefire came into effect.

5. Peace Talks
President Woodrow Wilson had begun to come up with his own proposal for the basis of peace talks at Versailles, France known as The Fourteen Points.

6. Peace Talks
The Fourteen Points included:
Open, not secret, diplomacy
Freedom of the seas
Removal of trade barriers
Arms reduction
Self-determination - letting various national groups make their own political decisions
An “association of nations” (League of Nations) to guarantee political independence and territorial integrity.

8. Peace Talks
Wilson’s Fourteen Points met some opposition at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
Wilson became ill at the beginning of the Conference and had to modify some of his ideas and make compromises while negotiating peace treaties.
Which of Wilson’s Fourteen Points do you think some European Countries opposed? Why?

9. Wilson’s Fourteen Points

10. Wilson’s Fourteen Points

11. Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that ended World War I in Europe. Germany had to:
War Guilt Clause - Accept complete responsibility for causing the war.
Pay huge reparations to the Allies.
Give up its military forces.
Cede lands to the new nations of Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Give up its overseas colonies.

13. Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles provided a clause for creating the League of Nations.
An international organization that would correct any problems caused by peace treaties.

14. Treaty of Versailles
The United States Senate does not approve the Treaty of Versailles.
Many worried that the United States would have to send troops to protect member nations.
Many believed that the United States would lose its sovereignty as a nation.
The United States would return to a foreign policy of nonintervention.

16. What role did the United States play in ending World War I?
SUM IT UP!!!!!
What role did the United States play in ending World War I?