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The Failed Peace

Now that the war was “over,” Wilson traveled to France to help the Allies set the terms of peace - Remember “__________________?” - He finally deemed the world “safe for democracy” - 1 st U.S. Pres. to meet foreign leaders on _________soil

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The Failed Peace

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  1. Now that the war was “over,” Wilson traveled to France to help the Allies set the terms of peace • - Remember “__________________?” • - He finally deemed the world “safe for democracy” • - 1st U.S. Pres. to meet foreign leaders on _________soil • - Hopes were high! BUT _______________ from other countries did not share his hopes • Wilson’s 14 Points • - Wilson wanted world peace • - Europe wanted revenge & to punish the Germans for the war • Fourteen Points: _________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________ • The Points to KNOW: • 1. An end to _________________ agreements • - Secrecy had encouraged a messy web of rival alliances that had helped lead to war • 2. Freedom of the seas & free _______________ • 3. Limit on _____________ • 4. _______________settlement of disputes over colonies • 5. National s___________________________________: right of • national groups to have their own territory & forms of gov’t • 14. ___________________________: association of nations formed after ww1 under Wilson’s 14 point plan intended to protect the independence of all countries—large or small • + promotes __________& __________________ • - too vague, _________________, not all Allies wanted the same thing The Failed Peace • Paris Peace Conference: • - Diplomats from _______ nations met at Paris & Versailles to negotiate 5 separate peace treaties • - Key issues were decided by the leaders of the Allied nations • Big Four: ____________________________________ • Disagreement Among Allies: • Wilson wanted “_____________________________________” • = opposed punishing the defeated powers (already lost :-/) • - Other Allies wanted revenge • - _________________________: cash payments for the losses they had suffered during the war • - ____________________________: Germany accepts responsibility for the war • Harsh Terms for Germany: • ______________________________________ : treaty signed on June 28th, 1919 by Germany & the Allies; formally placed the responsibility for the war on Germany and its allies • Germany wasn’t even allowed to send delegates to the peace talks • - None of the Allies were satisfied • - Germany had to pay Allies HUGE ___________________ • - Cost of pensions for Allied soldiers/ their widows & children • - Reparation costs would exceed $__________billion • - Alsace-Lorraine was returned to ____________ • - Germany was stripped of its ___________________(now under GB or France) More on the back….

  2. Majority favored the treaty (peace) • A minority opposed it • - Too _________________on defeated powers • - German-Americans thought it too ___________ • - Used as a Republican platform to rip Wilson (D) apart • - _________________________ : people who wanted the U.S. to stay out of world affairs & opposed the LON • The Defeated Treaty: • - Wilson wouldn’t budge on how crucial his _______was…but people didn’t want it as much as he did • - He go so stressed out promoting it that he had a stroke • - Loose ends at the end of a war would now serve as a ___________________________________________

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