Treaty of Versailles League of Nations
                                               Maps of WW I
 

Fourteen Points

    War ended  President Wilson
           proposes 14 Points for Peace See Below
 

The Armistice stopped the fighting of WWI

    Armistice signed November 11, 1918 11:00 am.

    The Armistice stopped the fighting of WWI

    Treaty of Versailles
    1.  Germany lost overseas possessions
    2.  Germany was demilitarized
    3.  Germany must pay reparations
                    and admit guilt

    Germany protested the Treaty, but had
little choice in signing.  Especially humiliated
at having to accept total responsibility for the war.

    Map of Europe is redrawn : Europe before WWI

Results of WWI

64 mil were mobilized (wore a uniform)

10 mil solidier died

20 mil were wounded

6 mil were missing or unaccounted for.

Civilian deaths equalled the deaths on the battlefield (16 mil)

Altogether 32 mil died from the war

Average loss of life each day was 15,000

Cost of the war $   over 351 bil dollars or 9 mil $ per hour.

    "Big Four"    leaders after WW I
President Wilson of the United States
Prime Minister David Lloyd George   of England,
Premier Georges Clemenceau  of France,
and Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando of Italy.
 

    League of Nations  this was Wilson's
14th point calling for a world "League
of nations" to maintain peace.   U. S. Senate
did not even ratify, and the U. S. never joined
the League of Nations.  See 14th Point below

WW I pictures.

    Do not write all of these notes down about the 14 points.
    Fourteen Points, name given to the proposals of President Woodrow Wilson designed to establish the basis for a just and lasting peace following the victory of the Allies in World War I. The 14 proposals were contained in Wilson's address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on January 8, 1918. The idealism expressed in them was widely acclaimed and gave Wilson a position of moral leadership among the Allied leaders. Opposition to various points on the part of the European Allies, however, developed at the conclusion of hostilities, and the attempt at practical application of the 14 points exposed a multilateral system of secret agreements between the European victors. In order to secure support of his 14th, and most important, point, which called for the creating of an "association of nations," Wilson was compelled to abandon his insistence upon the acceptance of his full program. Wilson's 14th point was realized in the League of Nations, established as a result of the Paris Peace Conference (1919).

In summary, the 14 points were as follows: (1) abolition of secret diplomacy by open covenants, openly arrived at; (2) freedom of the seas in peace and war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or part by international action for enforcement of international covenants; (3) removal of international trade barriers wherever possible and establishment of an equality of trade conditions among the nations consenting to the peace; (4) reduction of armaments consistent with public safety; (5) adjustment of colonial disputes consistent with the interests of both the controlling government and the colonial population; (6) evacuation of Russian territory, with the proviso of self-determination; (7) evacuation and restoration of Belgium; (8) evacuation and restoration of French territory, including AlsaceLorraine-; (9) readjustment of Italian frontiers along clearly recognizable lines of nationality; (10) autonomy for the peoples of Austria-Hungary; (11) evacuation and restoration of territory to Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania, granting of seaports to Serbia, and readjustment and international guarantee of the national ambitions of the Balkan nations; (12) self-determination for non-Turkish peoples under Turkish control and internationalization of the Dardanelles; (13) an independent Poland, with access to the sea; and (14) creation of a general association of nations under specific covenants to give mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity.

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.