1918 Influenza Pandemic 20 Million people died German Kaiser abdicates and leaves for Netherlands Armistice Day cease fire with Germany November 11, 1918 Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire not surrender The Big Three Great Britain David Lloyd George France Georges Clemenceau Goals: Weaken Germany United States Woodrow Wilson Goals: Peace without Victory Fourteen Points Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire not surrender Germany forced to take full blame Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire not surrender Germany forced to take full blame Reparations Cost of war Pensions 3 Trillion today President Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points Self-determination Each country chooses Freedom of Trade world trade by choice Disarmament Prevent Germany from rebuilding League of Nations an international peace keeper Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire not surrender Self Determination Right for each country to determine own government European Countries Italy did not get land from Austrian Hungarian Empire Treaty of Versailles Germany agreed to cease fire not surrender Self Determination European Countries Italy did not get land from Austrian Hungarian Empire Mandate System China and Ottoman Empire Japan China conflict German gave concessions to Japan in China May 4th Movement in China Populist movement away from the elitist the New Culture Movement The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4, 1919, protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles These demonstrations sparked national protests and marked the upsurge of Chinese Nationalism and a move towards a populist base rather than intellectual elites. Nationalist Party begins in China India Promised self-determination - denied by Britain Surge in Indian Nationalism Mohandas Gandhi Became leader of India non-violent nationalist movement 1930, Led the Salt March, defying British laws regarding salt production monopoly. Independence in 1947 Assassinated in 1948