1. Treaty of Versailles

2. The Cost of War Millions dead More wounded
Pandemic- the spread of a disease across a large area
Influenza, killed 20 mil worldwide in a few months

4. The Cost of War Cities in ruble Refugees Reconstruction expensive
Reparations- payment for war damages
Winners wanted losers to pay
Radicals- people who wanted to make extreme changes
Governments had collapsed
Colonies viewed powers as vulnerable

5. The Paris Peace Conference
*“Big Three”
*President Woodrow Wilson
Urged “peace without victory”
*Fourteen points
British prime minister David Lloyd George
French leader George Clemenceau
*Both Britain and France wanted to punish Germany

6. The Paris Peace Conference
Many small states demanded statehood
League of Nations
Collective security- a system in which a group of nations acts as on to preserve the peace of all

7. Treaty of Versailles
*Allies forced German representatives to sign treaty
Treaty gave Germany full blame for war
*Germans horrified
Huge reparations
Covered damages and but also pensions
*Overall $30 billion in reparations ($2.7 Trillion today)

8. Treaty of Versailles Limited size of German Military
Removed hundreds of sq miles from Germany
Took Germany colonies
Made Germans return home
Had no choice in signing it
Would cause spark to WWII

9. Outcome of the Peace Settlements
*Poland Independence, *polish corridor access to sea
New nations Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary
Yugoslavia
Mandates- territories administered by western powers
*Mandates handled land that use to belong to Ottomans
*Colonies feel betrayed imperial rule not ended

11. Outcome of the Peace Settlements
League of Nations
40 nations
Negotiate dispute to avoid war
*USA never joined league which they proposed
This weakened it
*Along with no military or enforcement power