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A Flawed Peace

A Flawed Peace. Ch.13 sec 4. I. The Allies Meet and Debate A. Wilson’s Plan for Peace. 1. The Big Four hammer out a peace agreement: Woodrow Wilson (U.S.), George Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (England), & Vittorio Orlando (Italy).

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A Flawed Peace

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  1. A Flawed Peace Ch.13 sec 4

  2. I. The Allies Meet and DebateA. Wilson’s Plan for Peace • 1. The Big Four hammer out a peace agreement: Woodrow Wilson (U.S.), George Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (England), & Vittorio Orlando (Italy)

  3. I. The Allies Meet and DebateA. Wilson’s Plan for Peace • 2. Pres. Wilson created the Fourteen Points proposal which outlined a just and lasting peace

  4. I. The Allies Meet and DebateA. Wilson’s Plan for Peace • 3. The guiding light was Self Determination-this meant allowing people to decide for themselves what type of government they wanted to live by

  5. I. The Allies Meet and DebateB. The Versailles Treaty • 1. France and Britain wanted to punish Germany severely and strip them of all war making power.

  6. I. The Allies Meet and DebateB. The Versailles Treaty • 2. The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Paris Peace Conference on 6/28/1919, five years to the day of Franz Ferdinand’s assassination

  7. I. The Allies Meet and DebateB. The Versailles Treaty • 3. Wilson’s 14th point, League of Nations, was adopted and this league was to be an international association whose goal was to keep peace among nations

  8. I. The Allies Meet and DebateB. The Versailles Treaty • 4. Germany lost all territories over seas and had to accept Article 231 which forced them to accept sole responsibility for the war.

  9. I. The Allies Meet and DebateB. The Versailles Treaty • 5. Germany had to pay reparations (losers payments) to the Allies for losing the war

  10. II. A Troubled TreatyA. Creation of New Nations • 1. The Versailles Treaty was one of five treaties signed and • it created feelings of bitterness and betrayal among victors and the defeated

  11. II. A Troubled TreatyA. Creation of New Nations • 2. The Western powers signed separate peace treaties with Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. These nations lost mass amounts of land which were turned into other countries and limited their power.

  12. II. A Troubled TreatyA. Creation of New Nations • 3. Russia also lost land because they left the war early

  13. II. A Troubled TreatyB. A Peace Built on Quicksand • 1. The U.S. rejected the Versailles Treaty mostly because of the League Nations. Americans wanted to stay out of European affairs and the League of Nations would force them to partake in their affairs.

  14. II. A Troubled TreatyB. A Peace Built on Quicksand • 2. The U.S. worked out their own treaties with Germany and its Allies

  15. II. A Troubled TreatyB. A Peace Built on Quicksand • 3. The citizens of Asia and Africa disliked how the Allies mandated their land and not acknowledging their desire for independence

  16. II. A Troubled TreatyB. A Peace Built on Quicksand • 4. Japan and Italy were upset that did not receive more land for their help in ending the war which led them to be bitter about the treaty

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