The Peace Settlement:
American troops broke the deadlock in Europe, causing Germany to surrender in November 1918.
The Fourteen Points:
 Wilson’s plan for peace
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The Versailles Treaty:
 Allied leaders wanted to impose
a harsh treaty on Germany
Reflected American idealism
and Wilson’s view that the war
should be a crusade for
democracy and lasting peace
State that each major European
nationality should have its own
country and government (selfdetermination)
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Wilson had to make many
concessions in order to get their
support for the formation of the
League of Nations
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The actual treaty
- Harsh
- Germany forced to pay
reparations
- Germany blamed for the war
 Called for freedom of the seas,
(war-guilt clause)
reduced armaments, and an end
- Germany lost territory to
to secret diplomacy
France and Poland, and all
of its colonies
- Germany lost its navy; army
 Proposed the creation of a
was reduced to the size of a
League of Nations, an
police force
international peace-keeping
- A League of Nations was
organization
established
1- Identify three ways in which Wilson’s Fourteen Points differed from the Treaty of Versailles:
2- Identify one provision that Wilson wanted and that was accepted in the actual treaty:
3- Define the following terms:
Self-Determination:
Reparations:
War-Guilt Clause:
League of Nations:
4- Do you remember why the League of Nations failed to keep the peace?
5- Why was the Treaty of Versailles harsh?
6- Why do you think the United States did not join the League of Nations?
7- Base on the what you have learned, why did people believe that “The allies won the war but lost
the peace.”?