1. Fourteen Points 1918 Woodrow Wilson Spoke to Congress with his outline for the world after WWI. It became known as 14 Points Six General Points: –No secret Treaties –Freedom of the seas for all nations –Removal of all economic Barriers; Tariffs –Reduction of armaments; imperialist powers and the colonial peoples –Adjustment of colonial claims; to guarantee political independence and protection to small and large states alike. Everyone was impressed with his proposals

2. Defeat of Central Powers Treaty of Brest Litovsk : With Russia allowed Germany to take troops from the East and fight in the West. Ferdinand Foch: Stopped the Germans at Chateau- Thierry Americans show up in Europe Germans begin to get pushed back Armistice: Agreement to stop fighting –11am on Nov 11, 1918 (Veterans Day) 8.5-10 million dead 21 million more wounded and crippled for life Germany losing the most followed by Russia Total Cost: $300 Billion

3. Paris Peace Conference January 1919 Meet in Versailles, France Big Four: U.S. (Wilson) Britain (David Lloyd George) France (Georges Clemenceau) Italy (Vittorio Orlando) Problems with process because of exclusion Wilson worked to make it fair for all Wanted to get revenge on Germany Reparations: Payment for war damages Wanted Germany to bear the cost of war League of Nations: Organization to maintain peace, created by Wilson (not sure how practical)

4. What Kind of Peace? Two conflicting viewpoints on the end of the war: 1. Wilson: wants to be fair and not so harsh. 2. Allies felt hatred toward Germany and never wanted them to be powerful again. They tried to do this by taking away most it’s territory and making them pay for damages. France’s Clemenceau argued that the only way to ensure Germany would no longer attack was to break it apart and have allied forces occupy it’s various regions. These decisions would mark the future for Germany