Chapter 19 The World War I Era Section

Chapter 19 “The World War I Era” Section 5 “Global Peacemaker”

Vocabulary � Fourteen Points � Self-determination � Spoils � League of Nations � Reparations � Versailles Treaty

Paris Peace Conference � President Wilson “Fourteen Points” Main goal: establish an agency where countries could work together to resolve disputes peacefully and guarantee international stability. � Big Four: David Lloyd George of Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy � Allies feared Russia

The League of Nations �pledged that members of the League would regard an attack on one country as an attack on all. �the force of the article depended on the will of members to back it up with their armies �U. S. wanted to avoid foreign wars.

The Peace Treaty �Map of Europe ◦ Difficult ◦ Nations Created buffer zone for Bolshevik Russia ◦ Ottoman Empire divided into nations �War Guilt & Reparations ◦ Germany responsible (force to pay $33 billion)

Reaction at Home � senators opposed the treaty because it committed the U. S. to the League of Nations � Wilson tours U. S. to win support for Treaty � Congress voted to disregard the Treaty of Versailles � U. S. gains position of strength � Jobs scarce � Post War gloom: sense of gloom or disillusionment

� 1. What expectations did Wilson and the allies bring to the Pairs Peace conference? � 2. Describe three Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points. � 3. How did Wilson’s allies react to the Fourteen Points? � 4. What were the important provisions of the peace treaty? � 5. How did the Allies both encourage and discourage self-determination in Europe?

� 6. Why did France and Britain demand reparations from Germany? � 7. How did the federal government and ordinary Americans react to the end of war? � 8. Why do you think many Americans opposed the Versailles Treaty?

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Review: Prepare your Response Cards

1. In the Senate, the main criticism of the League of Nations was that it would A) not be located in the United States. � B) draw the United States into another war. � C) be too expensive. � D) accept too many nations as members �

B) draw the United States into another war.

2. The overall goal of President Wilson's Fourteen Points was to � A) create a lasting peace. � B) Force Germany to pay for war damages � C) promote imperialism. � D) preserve Europe’s system of alliances.

A) create a lasting peace.

3. By the end of World War I, all the following occurred EXCEPT � A) Great Britain's power as a nation diminished. � B) The United States became the world's largest creditor nation. � C) Germany was weakened by the Treaty of Versailles. � D) Jobs became abundant for returning American soldiers.

D) Jobs became abundant for returning American soldiers.

4. True/False � Wilson called for the rights of Austria. Hungary’s ethnic groups to selfdetermination.

True

5. True/False � The Big four were David Lloyd George of Britain, Georges Clemenseau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States.

True

6. True/False � The United States and Great Britain wanted Germany to supply war reparations.

False

7. True/False � Americans accepted the Versailles Treaty.

False