1、WORLD WAR ITHE TREATY OF VERSAILLES, 1919Wilsons Plan for PeaceUS President Woodrow Wilson developed his Fourteen Points, which outlined a plan for achieving a just & lasting peaceWilson wanted “a peace without victory”He thought it would be the basis for the coming peace settlement at VersaillesWil

2、sons Fourteen Pointsthe highlightsSelf-Determination (allowing people to decide for themselves what government they wished to live under) An international peace-keeping organization to settle disputes between countries in the futureParis Peace Conference & Treaty of VersaillesPeace conference lasted

3、 one yearDelegates representing 32 countriesMajor decisions made by U.S.A.s President Woodrow WilsonFrances Georges ClemenceauGreat Britains David Lloyd GeorgeGermany was not representedTreaty of Versailles signed June 28, 1919A Harsh PeaceBritain & France did not agree with Wilsons plans for peaceT

4、hey were concerned with national securityWanted to strip Germany of its war-making powerThe French were determined to punish Germany for the war & make them pay for the damagesThe League of NationsWas to be an international association whose goal would be to keep peace among nationsThe 5 Allied powe

5、rs U.S., Britain, France, Italy, & Japan were to become permanent members of the leagues Executive CouncilThe General Assembly would include 32 Allied & neutral nationsGermany was deliberately excludedRussia was considered an outcast because of its communist revolutionNew Nations CreatedAustria-Hung

6、ary Now: Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, & YugoslaviaOttoman Empire Now: Ottomans only have todays Turkey, & all other areas (Palestine, Iraq, Transjordan, Syria & Lebanon) become mandates controlled by either Britain or FranceRussia loses landRomania gain territoryPoland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia

7、, & Lithuania created as independent nationsNo PeaceTreaty of Versailles did not ensure lasting peaceProblems with the Treaty:U.S. rejects it & does not sign it (many Americans did not like Wilsons League of Nations & thought it best to stay out of European affairs)League of Nations was weak & did n

8、ot have authority to take action (one reason is because it lacked U.S. support)ResentmentGermans bitterness & hatred for being blamed & punished for the entire warColonies in Africa & Asia expected freedom (as per Wilsons Fourteen Points), but received new rulers insteadJapan & Italy gained less territories then they wanted (the reaso