wilson's 14 points and treaty of versailles

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14 Points Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace

• No secret diplomacy• Freedom of seas• Free trade• Reduce arms• Self-Determination• League of Nations

Treaty of Versailles Germany loses

• Blamed for war• Reparations• Loss of military• Loss of land• Loss of colonies

League of Nations Many fear it will pull US into more

wars Senate does not approve Treaty of

Versailles• US not in League of Nations

War Debt US- largest creditor

• Countries owe US $ European nations can’t pay The Dawes Plan

• US lends money to Germany• Germany pays reparations• Allies pay US

Arms Control

Kellogg-Briand Pact• 1928 15 nations meet and sign pact• War outlawed except in self-defense

OFFICIAL END TO WAR Senate rejected Treaty July 2, 1921 Congress votes to

end war Congress ratifies separate peace

treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary

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