1. The End of WWI SWBAT: IDENTIFY WHAT WILSON WAS LOOKING TO ACHIEVE IN HIS 14 POINTS SPEECH. HOMEWORK: TREATY OF VERSAILLES ORGANIZER DO NOW: WHAT WERE SOME OF THE PROBLEM THE RUSSIAN HAD WITH TSAR NICOLAS II? WHAT ULTIMATELY HAPPENS IN RUSSIA?

2. The War  The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk allowed Germany to pull troops from the Eastern Front and move them to the Western Front.  This was Germany’s chance to push through to Paris.  The French and British waited for American troops to arrive.  By the time German troops reached the Marne for the second time, American troops were arriving by the thousands daily.

3. The situation worsens for the Central Powers  Despite having more troops on the Western Front than ever, the Germans continued to lose.  Additionally Bulgaria had surrendered to the Allies quickly followed by the Ottoman Turks.  A few months later, Austria-Hungary fell apart and formed their own separate governments.

4. Fourteen Points  As Germany’s defeat seems more and more certain, President Woodrow Wilson stood before Congress and delivered his Fourteen Points speech.  He declared that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and called for postwar peace in Europe.  The speech actually only has 10 points, but it would prove to be an influential document.  Would become the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.

5. 14 Points Activity

6. Then…