1. Making the Peace 2. -2 million wounded 3. Land destroyed a. Hunger
I. Results of the WW I (Europe)
1. -9 million dead
2. -2 million wounded
3. Land destroyed
a. Hunger
4. Homes destroyed
a. Death from cold
5. Industry Destroyed
a. No jobs

2. 6. America becomes the “big brother”
a. American Relief Commission
-food, clothing and medical relief to
devastated Europe

3. II. Making the Peace (Treaty of Versailles)
1. Meeting of the “Big Four” (1919)
a. America
b. Britain
c. France
d. Italy
The "Big Four" at the Paris Peace Conference: Lloyd George, Orlando, Clemenceau, Wilson
Britain
Italy
United States
France

4. 2. Woodrow Wilson’s “14 Points”
a. Purpose = “make war unnecessary”
1. Open Diplomacy
2. No secret Treaties
3. Free Sea Travel
4. Free Trade
5. Disarmament
6. Independent European
Nations
7. Self-Determination
8. World Alliance…
-League of Nations
-Work out problems
peacefully

5. 3. Treaty of Versailles: harsh on Germany
1. France, Britain and Italy
a. Destroyed by WWI
b. Distrusted aggressive Germany
c. Goal: “Make Germany powerless”
-prevent them from starting future wars
German cartoon: Although Germany had the choice to accept or to reject the Versailles Peace Proposals, the country was already condemned to death, according to this political cartoon that appeared in the German magazine Simpliccimus on June 3, The principal judges and executioners were (from left to right) the American president Wilson, the French president Clemenceau and the British prime minister Lloyd George.

6. 3. Treaty of Versailles (Continued)
1. Germany must accept responsibility for the war
-(9 million dead, 2 million wounded, etc…)
2. Complete loss of territory
3. Germany can have no subs or other “weapons of war”
4. Germany must pay $56 Billion
a. “War Reparations”

7. Questions
What did President Woodrow Wilson hope to accomplish with his 14 Points?
What demands did the Treaty of Versailles place upon the Germans?
Why did Britain, Italy and France feel it was important to deal with Germany harshly after WWI?
How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Germany’s future?