UNIT 6: IMPERIALISM &
WORLD WAR I (1890 – 1918)
A Troubling Treaty!
Beginning Review – Home Front
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What agency did future president Herbert Hoover head during WW I?
a. War Industries Board b. Food Administration
c. Committee on Public Information
How did the Treasury Department support the war effort?
a. Printed more money b. Reduced taxes
c. Sold liberty bonds
What freedom did the Espionage Act and Sedition Amendment restrict to
keep Americans loyal?
a. Press
b. Religion
c. Speech
During the Great Migration, many African Americans moved from the
_________ to the _________ in search of a better way of life.
a. South; North b. North; South c. East; West
A Troubling Treaty
Daily Learning Targets
•I can analyze the impact of World War I on the United
States and the world.
I can identify the main provisions of the Treaty of
Versailles and evaluate its impact on Germany and
the world.
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Wilson Proposes Peace Without Victory
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Bolshevik leader V.I. Lenin (the father of
Russian communism), exposed the secret
treaties both sides had entered into prior
to the war.
He called the war “an imperialistic land
grab.”
President Woodrow Wilson affirmed that
the U.S. had nothing to do with the 4
MAIN Causes of the war and outlined a
plan for “Peace Without Victory.”
Wilson’s Fourteen Points for Peace
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Wilson outlined a plan in Jan. 1918 for a peace
inspired by noble ideals, not greed and vengeance.
Points 1 – 5 addressed ending imperialism (colonies),
freedom of the seas, open treaties (no secret
alliances), free trade, and the reduction of armies
and navies. Addressed the M-A-I-N Causes of the
war!
Points 6 – 13 addressed setting national boundaries
to what they had been prior to the war and basing
them on ethnic and national group preferences.
The League of Nations
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Point 14 – called for a
League of Nations
The league would be a
world-wide association of
nations dedicated to
keeping world peace and
protecting the right of self
determination among
nations by letting them
choose the government
they live under.
The Treaty of Versailles
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Wilson crossed the Atlantic and
went to Paris to sell his Fourteen
Points to the Allies’ Big Four (Great
Britain, France, Italy, and the U.S.)
Henry Cabot Lodge, a Republican
Massachusetts Senator and U.S.
foreign policy expert was not
invited to go.
Lodge was incensed at the snub as
he knew Wilson hated him.
The feud will have a huge impact
on politics at home and in Europe.
The Allies Reject the Treaty
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The Allies wanted to punish
Germany for the war by forcing it to
accept Article 231, or the “war guilt”
clause.
In short, Germany was treated like a
B-R-A-T.
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B=Blame for War
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R = Reparations or $$$
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A = Arms Reductions
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T = Territory Lost
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This violated the spirit of forgiveness
in the 14 Points, but they agreed to
accept the League of Nations and
Wilson compromised.
The Senate Rejects the Versailles Treaty
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While Wilson was in Europe, the
Republicans gained control of the
Senate.
Irreconcilables – isolationists who
wanted no part of the League of
Nations
Reservationists – Led by Senator
Lodge, wanted to make changes to the
treaty
President Wilson’s Democrats and the
Republicans would not compromise
and the treaty was voted down 3
times, the last time by only 7 votes!
The U.S. made a separate peace treaty
with Germany in 1924.
Exit Slip: The Fourteen Points
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Who was the U.S. President during the war?
Wilson’s 14 Points called for the creation of an
international peace-keeping organization called
the _____________.
Where was the peace conference held?
Who led the opposition to the Fourteen Points in
the U.S. Congress?