1 Peace of Paris 1 5 treaties A Treaty of Versailles a Aftermath of Europe Political borders messed up 16 million dead 100 billions of dollars in damage b 14 points i ii iii i ii iii iv v vi vii i ii iii i i ii iii iv Everything should be done openly and no secret meetings Doing away with economic barriers Everyone including winners losers and neutral Open covenant Freedom of the seas Free trade Worldwide reduction of armies Recognize sovereignty of colonial claims Wilson believes that colonies claims caused the war Recreation of historic nation of Poland Self determination of people Popular in America because lots of polish people Sovereignty of people in their own nations The problem was where you draw the line because there s lots of different people in different countries Uniting people who didn t even like each other c 14 points became a rallying point and also was hated US rejected it Germans wanted to accept the 14 points but the British and French didn t want it because it wasn t their treaty Wilson only took men who agreed with him to Paris d Representatives from lots of countries But not everyone was allowed to participate e Treaty of Versailles No further need for a great world war US wanted to make a new world based on 14 points World safe for democracy France wanted security Were the only ones who wanted to crush Germans Italy wanted Adriatic sea and coastline of Austria GB wanted Europe to return to its original economic state Prussians invaded them in 1870 Germans almost defeated them in 1917 20 of their country was occupied Didn t want that to happen again 2 After match of Europe 1 Nobody who started at the start came out better Italy was bankrupt a b French and British economy ruined c US came out really strong economically though i ii When war started people in US were thankful they weren t in the war at the start Wilson thought it wasn t their war but Roosevelt Mid West Americans were pro central powers West and East Americans were pro allies German subs helped turn American sentiments away d Germany Americans were willing to sell goods to allies It was the cause of war for Americans iii i Were within 20 miles of Paris before the war ended 2 Armistice a War initially came to an end with a cease fire b Signed in a rail way car c Implied that the war could begin again at anytime 3 American involvement a Took a while to train an army It almost took a whole year for the army to deploy Wilson resisted at first b Declared war on Germany but was not really part of the allies Still cooperated with French and British i ii i 4 Germany army 3 What went wrong 1 German A Army a Military stripped b Later on she began rebuilding even though France didn t like c DMZ on the Rhine i Tempting point of invasion France wanted a buffer state in between the 2 but denied 2 B France wanted security from the Germans but didn t get it Italians A Didn t get what they wanted 3 British A Didn t see Europe return to happy prosperity without tariffs 4 Wilson was most disappointed A Senate rejected treaty a Became angry b One of the rare times they turned down a treaty 5 Problems A Not strong enough to crush Germany a Was strong enough to render Germany resistant to every part of that treaty i Until it threw itself on to the Nazis b All world leaders are gone by 1922 4 Other 4 treaties 1 Treaty of Saint Germain en Laye 2 Treaty of Neuilly sur Seine 3 Treaty of Trianon 4 Treaty of Severes
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