The Treaty of Versailles
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8.5 million soldiers killed, 21 million wounded
“The Lost Generation”
Cost of war $338 billion dollars
Entire villages and towns wiped out
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Treaty of Versailles
Who was included at the Paris Peace
Conference? Who was left out?
What were the goals of the conference?
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Woodrow Wilson
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President of the
United States
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David Lloyd George
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British Prime
Minister
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Vittorio Orlando
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Prime Minister of
Italy
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Georges Clemenceau
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Prime Minister of
France
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Russia- dealing with revolution
Germany or any of the Central Powers
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Wilson’s Fourteen Points
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Meant to establish a lasting peace in the world
Self-determination: allowing people to decide for
themselves under what government they wished to
live
League of Nations: create an organization that
could peacefully negotiate world conflicts
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France, Great Britain and Italy want punish
Germany- why?
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“Peace built on quicksand”
Leaves Germany extremely bitter and angry
 Other Allied Powers i.e. Italy and Japan upset that
they did not receive more territory
 United States refuses to ratify treaty
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 Does not join the League of Nations, return to
isolationism, stay out of European affairs