1. World War I
The End of the War

2. World War I – U.S Joins the War
Causes of U.S. declaration of war: Germans attack the Lusitania (Americans died) and the Zimmerman Note
Germany asks Mexico to make war against US
President Woodrow Wilson asks congress to declare war (1917)

3. WWI – End of the War
Russia drops out and breaks out into civil war (1917).
Germans make one last attempt to win but the U.S. presence makes a difference.

4. WWI – End of the War
July 1918, Entente Forces push Germans back (Battle of the Marne)
November 1918, Germans declare an armistice (break in the fighting)

5. WWI – The Paris Peace Talks
Wilson proposes his “14 Points”.
Free Trade
Reduce weapons
Self-determination (freedom to choose government)
Point 14 - Ensure a lasting peace with the League of Nations

6. WWI Paris Peace Talks
Georges Clemenceau, from France, wants security and reparations
David Lloyd George, from England, wants Germany to pay.
US wants lasting peace, 14 Points

7. WWI – Treaty of Versailles
Signed June 28, 1919
Separate peace agreements (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria)
Germany forced to take blame, forced to pay damages, loses land, army minimized.

8. WWI Treaty of Versailles
U.S. rejected the Treaty of Versailles(Article 14 – U.S. involvement in the L.O.N.
Without U.S. support & participation, the League failed to exist.
Most countries did not get what they wanted from the Treaty of V.

9. WWI – New Map
Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, & Yugoslavia.
Created with the goal of self-determination
Goal to create a buffer zone against Russia

10. WWI -New Map
Arabs in the middle east were upset because they did not get independence.
German colonies in Africa came under British and French control.

11. WWI - Results Strengthened central governments.
New nations were created in Eastern Europe.
Strengthened the U.S.
Left Germany bitter.
African and Middle Eastern countries left bitter.