1. Wednesday 2/06/18
Goal: to analyze Wilson’s Fourteen Points speech by listing main ideas.
Warm Up: What do you think a good, lasting treaty is meant to do? Explain, please write at least 4 lines.

2. Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
American President, Woodrow Wilson, anticipated the end of the war and hoped to inspire a peace plan that would solve the long-term problems that caused the war (MAIN).
He drafted a proposal called “The Fourteen Points”
He brought his proposal to France for the treaty conference.

3. Wilson Presents His Plan
Fourteen Points: Plan for World Peace
Fourteen Points speech given before Congress, points divided into three groups
First five points Wilson believed had to be addressed to prevent another war

4. Themes in Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Self determination (personal independence) of all peoples
Arms reduction
Non-punishment
Formation of the League of Nations
Freedom of the Seas
No secret treaties
Free and open trade

5. Fourteen Points There should be no secret treaties among nations.
Freedom of the seas should be maintained for all.
Tariffs and other economic barriers among nations should be lowered or abolished in order to allow free trade.
Arms should be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety, thus lessening the possibility of military responses during diplomatic crises.
Colonial (imperial) policies should consider the interests of the colonial peoples as well as the interests of the imperialistic powers.

6. Fourteen Points 6-13 dealt with boundary changes
14th point called for a creation of and international organization to address the diplomatic crises like those that had sparked the war…
League of Nations: provide a forum for nations to discuss and settle their grievances without war

9. League of Nations
The League of Nation's was created to ensure that war never
broke out again
To memorize the goals of the League use the acronym SIDE:
Stop wars
Improve people’s lives
Disarmament
Enforce the Treaty of Versailles

10. Work with a partner to discuss and answer the following questions:
Which of the Fourteen Points do you feel is the most important? Why?
In what order would you rank the fourteen points, from most to least important?
How realistic were Wilson’s ideas? Explain.
How idealistic were Wilson’s ideas? Explain.
Do the Fourteen Points address the causes of WWI? If yes, which ones?

11. Wrap Up:
In your opinion were Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points a fair offer to the world for peace? Why or why not?

12. Aftermath of WWI Vocabulary: aggressor, victim, idealist
Write a four sentence summary of what you learned from the video.

13. How to Solve the Peace
What were the long-term and immediate causes of war? Explain briefly.
How should a peace treaty have resolved these problems?

14. “The Big Four” French Premier George Clemenceau
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George
WILSON AT VERSAILLES, Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Premier Georges Clemenceau and President Woodrow Wilson at the Versailles Palace during the Treaty Negotiations in 1919.
“The Big Four”
Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

15. Treaty of Versailles
Germany blamed, demilitarized, forced to pay reparations
Treaty written without German representation
Anschluss (Combining of Germany and Austria) forbidden forever
League of Nations created but Germany not admitted

16. Treaty of Versailles
Map altered with little regard for ethnic or true national boundaries
Poland created out of Germany and Russia
France given back the Alsace Lorraine province
Czechoslovakia created out of Germany and Austria-Hungary
Yugoslavia created by combining Montenegro, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, and other small territories
Austria-Hungary broken up
England received mandates territorial holdings in the Middle East from theOttoman Empire

17. Europe & Middle East Before & After World War I
Land was taken from Germany & given to Poland; Germany’s border with France was demilitarized to avoid a future invasion
The Ottoman Empire was divided; Britain & France gained mandates in the Middle East
Central Europe was redrawn to reduce the power of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
New nations were created from territory taken from Russia (who left WWI early after the Bolshevik Revolution)
Europe & Middle East Before & After World War I

18. Wilson’s Lack of Support
The USA became isolationist after the war.
The US Senate disagreed with the League of Nations because they thought that by becoming a member they would lose their independence and get drawn into international disputes.
The Senate also felt that Wilson was partisan (favoring one political party) and they disliked him.

19. Wilson toured the USA to “sell” the treaty. . .

20. World War I in Global History
Rise of Fascism
Great Depression
World War II