29.4 A FLAWED PEACE

WORLD HISTORYMR.HOOD´S NOTESDECEMBER 2014

MAIN IDEAPOWER AND AUTHORITY AFTER WINNING THE WAR,

THE ALLIES DICTATED A HARSH PEACE SETTLEMENT THAT LEFT

MANY NATIONS FEELING BETRAYED.

WHY IT MATTERS NOWHARD FEELINGS LEFT BY THE PEACE SETTLEMENT HELPED

CAUSE WORLD WAR II.

INTRODUCTION

THE GREAT WAR WAS OVER

PEACE NOW TOP OF AGENDA

A CONFERENCE WAS CALLED

AT THE PALACE OF VERSAILLE

THEY CALLED IT THE PARIS PEACE

CONFERENCE

IT WAS A BITTER DEBATE

EUROPE STRUGGLED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE 1EXPLAIN EVENTS THAT LED TO THE TREATY

OF VERSAILLES

MEETING ATTENDED

BY 34 COUNTRIES

HAMMERED OUT BY “BIG FOUR”

USA: WOODROW WILSON

FRANCE: GEORGES CLEMENCEAU

GREAT BRITAIN: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE

ITALY: VITTORIO ORLANDO

RUSSIA NOT REPRESENTED

(FIGHTING A CIVIL WAR)

GERMANY NOT REPRESENTED

(CONSIDERED GUILTY PARTY)

GERMANY`S ALLIES ALSO NOT REPRESENTED

WILSON PROPOSED A PLAN

WITH FOURTEEN POINTS

WILSON´S PLAN WANTED

JUST + LASTING PEACE

WILSON: NO SECRET TREATIES

(ALLIANCES CAUSE OF WAR)

WILSON: REDUCED ARMIES

(MILITARISM CAUSE OF WAR)

WILSON: ADJUSTMENT OF COLONIAL

CLAIMS (IMPERIALISM CAUSE OF WAR)

FINALLY, WILSON: WANTED GENERAL ASSOCIATION

OF COUNTRIES

BUT BRITAIN + FRANCE

WANTED TO PUNISH GERMANY

BRITAIN+ FRANCE: STRIP

GERMANY OF WAR-MAKING POWER

HEATED ARGUMENTS BUT COMPROMISE FINALLY

REACHED

TREATY OF VERSAILLE SIGNED

5 YEARS AFTER FRANZ FERDINAND SHOT

THE TREATY SEVERELY PUNISHED

GERMANY

GERMANY SOLELY BLAMED FOR WAR

(NOT AUSTRIA-HUNGARY?)

GERMANY LOST TERRITORY

GERMANY FORCED TO PAY ALL WAR REPARATIONS OR

COSTS

GERMANY LOST COLONIES

TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS

GERMANY FACED MILITARY

RESTRICTIONS

GERMANY FORCED INTO SIGNING THE

TREATY

TREATY ALSO CREATED

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

OBJECTIVE 2IDENTIFY THE EFFECTS

OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN POWERS

TREATY OF VERSAILLE DESIGNED FOR LONG +

LASTING PEACE

BUT ONLY CAUSED PROBLEMS

AMONG VICTORS + LOSERS

CENTRAL POWERS ALL LOST LAND

+ NEW COUNTRIES CREATED

RUSSIA LOST LAND, TOO

POLAND + ROMANIA GAINED LAND

NEW NATIONS FORMED FINLAND, ESTONIA, LATIVIA,

LITHUANIA

TREATY DID NOTHING FOR LONG + LASTING

PEACE

USA REJECTED TREATY

BLAMING GERMANY MEANT “PEACE BUILT ON

QUICKSAND”

CAUSED ANGER + DESPAIR AMONG ALL

NATIONS

RESENTMENT GREW AND ULTIMATELY LED TO

WORLD WAR II