THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES & WILSON’S 14 POINTS
Paris Peace Conference: The Big Four
United States
Wilson
Lasting Peace
GREAT BRITAIN
Lloyd George
Germany Pays
FRANCE
Clemenceau
French Security
Treaty of Versailles
International
Relations
 League of Nations is formed
Responsibility
 Germany accepts responsibility
for starting the war and agrees to
make reparations to the Allies
Territory
 New nations formed
 Germany returns Alsace&
Lorraine to France
 France & Great Britain acquire
mandates in the Middle East
Military
Strength
 Germany will reduce its army
and navy and eliminate its air
force
 German land along the Rhine
River is demilitarized
International
Relations
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Territory
Wilson’s 14 Points
 Form an international association
of nations: League of Nations
 Self-determination (self-rule) of
subject peoples
 Removal of international trade
barriers
 Open covenants for peace – no
secret diplomacy
 Freedom of the seas
Responsibility
 No one nation is responsible
Territory
Military
Strength
 Rectification of boundaries- by
returning to pre-war boundaries
 Fair adjustment of colonial
claims
 Reduction of armaments by all
nations
 German land along the Rhine
River is demilitarized
Directions: Use the information in the charts to answer the following questions.
1. What do the Treaty of Versailles and the Fourteen Points have in common?
2. How is military strength addressed in Wilson’s 14 Points? How does this compare to the Treaty of Versailles?
3. How is responsibility addressed in the Treaty? By Wilson?
4. What is the purpose of the Treaty?
5. What is the purpose of Wilson’s 14 Points? How does he intend to achieve it?
6. Why might Europe resent Wilson and his ideas?
7. Why did the U.S. Senate refuse to ratify the Treaty?