Winning the War and Losing the Peace Chapter 11 Sec 2,3, &4 © Shawn McCusker.
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Transcript of Winning the War and Losing the Peace Chapter 11 Sec 2,3, &4 © Shawn McCusker.
Winning the War and Losing the Peace
Chapter 11 Sec 2,3, &4
© Shawn McCusker
Some Key Ideas/Innovations
The Convoy System
Mechanized Warfare
The Selective Service Act
Trench Warfare (Last Lesson)
Germany Quits
Why did the Kaiser abdicate?
Section 3
You are responsible for this on your own!!
After the war President Wilson
had a plan for peace
called
The Fourteen Points1. No more secret treaties.
2. Maintain freedom of the seas.
3. Lower tariffs to foster free trade.
4. Reduce arms to a level consistent with domestic safety
5. Countries should consider the needs of their colonies.
6. Create a League of Nations. Forum for solving
problems
Read the Allies reaction
to the Fourteen Points
on page 418.
The Treaty of VersaillesCreated 9 new countries from land that once belonged to Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia.
Gave the Ottoman Empire to France and England.
Demilitarized Germany No air force Small Army- 100,000 Tiny Navy
Reparations- Germany had to pay $33 Billion,
The Treaty of Versailles
War Guilt Clause Germany had to assume all responsibility for the
war.
Other Weaknesses Humiliated Germany Ignored the new government in USSR/Russia Created global instability
Colonial holdings of Germany
The treaty set the stage for future conflict.