1. US History Bring your book. If you don’t have it go and get it.
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2. A plan that applied the principles of progressivism to foreign policy to help ensure that another war like the Great war would never happen again.
Bellringer Questions
Germany had to disarm, pay reparations, take blame; League of Nations was established.
What was President Wilson’s Fourteen Points plan for peace?
What was resolved at the Paris Peace Conference?
What was the impact of WWI on the US and the world?
Left millions of people dead; cost of billions of dollars; monarchies were overthrown; European economies devastated; US emerged as leading economic power.

3. To the Bitter End
Chapter 18 Section 4

5. Paris Peace Conference
The Big Four
W. Wilson-U.S.
David Lloyd George-Britain
Georges Clemenceau-France
Vittorio Orlando-Italy
The Central Powers are not invited to participate in conference

6. The Feeding Frenzy
United States: Open trade, diplomacy, reduction of arms
France: Punish the Germans and rebuild destroyed nation
Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia: Want new nations built on ethnic lines

7. Treaty of Versailles: The Seeds of World War II
Germany disarms military: 100,000 army; 15,000 navy
Germany accepts sole responsibility for starting war
33 Billion in reparations
Germany was broke after war
Loss of overseas colonies
Loss of Alsace and Lorraine
League of Nations created
New countries established

8. Wilson’s Fight for the Treaty
Wilson presents Treaty to the U.S. senate
Senate breaks into 3 factions
Democrats for ratification
Irreconcilables wanted rejection of League of Nations
Reservationists wanted changes in the treaty
League of Nations required its members to use force to enforce decisions
Henry Cabot Lodge was leader

9. Wilson Fights for the Treaty
Wilson refuses to compromise
Whirlwind tour includes 8,000 miles and 32 major speeches in 22 days
Wilson suffers stroke during grueling tour
The Senate never ratified Treaty of Versailles
The United States does not join the League of Nations

10. Consequences of the Great War
Political Impact
Monarchies topple in Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Rise of the Bolsheviks in Russia
Raised nationalist feelings in colonies of Middle East and Southeast Asia
Economic Impact
Euro economies destroyed, U.S. becomes world leader
Increased demand leads to inflation in U.S.
Farmers take hit when massive worldwide demand ends