whtwo: 29.4 a flawed peace

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29.4 A FLAWED PEACE

MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW

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WORLD HISTORY IIMR. HOOD17 FEBRUARY 2014

29.4 A FLAWED PEACE

WORLD HISTORY IIMR. HOOD`S NOTES17 FEBRUARY 2014

MAIN IDEA

POWER AND AUTHORITY. AFTER WINNING THE WAR, THE ALLIES DICTATED A HARSH PEACE SETTLEMENT THAT LEFT MANY NATIONS FEELING BETRAYED..

WHY IT MATTERS NOW

HARD FEELINGS LEFT BY THE PEACE SETTLEMENT HELPED CAUSE WORLD WAR II.

INTRODUCTION

WORLD WAR I OVER

PEACE WAS NOW THE BIG

ISSUE

SO A CONFERENCE WAS

PLANNED

AT THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES

(JUST OUTSIDE OF PARIS)

CALLED PARIS PEACE

CONFERENCE

WAS A BITTER DEBATE

EUROPE STRUGGLED TO

SOLVE PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE 1EXPLAIN EVENTS THAT LED TO THE

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

MEETING ATTENDED BY 34

COUNTRIES

BUT HAMMERED OUT BY “BIG

FOUR”

WOODROW WILSON

GEORGES CLEMENCEAU

DAVID LLOYD GEORGE

VITTORIO ORLANDO

RUSSIA NOT REPRESENTED (CIVIL

WAR)

GERMANY WAS

NOT REPRESENTED

GERMANY`S ALLIES NOT REPRESENTED

WILSON HAD DRAWN UP

FOURTEEN POINTS

FOR A JUST AND LASTING

PEACE

INCLUDING

NO SECRET TREATIES

REDUCED ARMIES

A CAUSE OF WWI

ADJUSTMENT OF COLONIAL

CLAIMS

SELF - DETERMINATION

“GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF

NATIONS”

BUT

BRITAIN AND FRANCE

WANTED TO PUNISH GERMANY

STRIP GERMANY OF WAR-MAKING

POWER

HEATED ARGUMENTS

FINALLY COMPROMISE WAS

REACHED

A TREATY WAS SIGNED

5 YEARS AFTER FRANZ FERDINAND SHOT

THEY WANTED TO KEEP PEACE AMONG

NATIONS

THE TREATY SEVERELY PUNISHED

GERMANY

GERMANY SOLELY BLAMED

FOR WAR

GERMANY LOST TERRITORY

FORCED TO PAY

REPARATIONS

LOST COLONIES

TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS

MILITARY RESTRICTIONS

GERMANY FORCED TO

SIGN…

…OUCH!

TREATY ALSO CREATED

OBJECTIVE 2IDENTIFY THE

EFFECTS OF THE TREATY ON

EUROPEAN POWERS

TREATY OF VERSAILLE

DESIGNED TO CREATE A

LASTING PEACE

BUT ONLY

CAUSED PROBLEMS…

...AMONG BOTH VICTORS AND THE

DEFEATED

CENTRAL POWERS

ALL LOST LAND

AND NEW COUNTRIES WERE

CREATEDAUSTRIA HUNGARY

CZECHOSLOVAKIAYUGOSLAVIA

RUSSIA LOST LAND TOO

POLAND + ROMANIA GAINED LAND

NEW NATIONS FORMED FINLAND, ESTONIA,

LATVIA, LITHUANIA

DID LITTLE TO BUILD LASTING

PEACE

AND USA REJECTED TREATY

C O N C L U S I O N S…

“PEACE BUILT

ON QUICKSAND”

ANGER AND DESPAIR

RESENTMENT GREW

ULTIMATELY LED TO ANOTHER

WAR II