Unit Six Chapter 29 Section 4 A Flawed Peace
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Unit Six Chapter 29 Section 4
A Flawed Peace
A. The Allies Meet and Debate
Post-War Meeting to discuss peace terms US-Woodrow Wilson France-Georges Clemenceau Britain-David Lloyd Italy- Vittorio Orlando
Russia/Japan -not represented Germany/Ottomans/Austria-Hungary
-not represented
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson’s Fourteen Points Includes: -no secret treaties, freedom of seas, free trade -lowered maximum size of armies -self-determination -League of Nations established
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles -War Guilt Clause- Germany was at fault -Reparations - Germany must repay
allies for war costs
B. A Troubled Treaty
Different peace treaties for each enemy Austria-Hungary divided into four nations -Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia,
Yugoslavia Ottoman Empire loses land; becomes Turkey -Britain and France divide up remaining
lands Russia loses land -Romania and Poland get larger -Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
become nations
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles
US rejects treaty, mostly due to League of Nations
clause -makes a separate peace treaty with Germany -refuses to join League of Nations
Japan and Italy get little for their efforts in the war -This would motivate them to gain something in
WWII when Germany offers rewards
Unit Six Chapter 29 Section 4
A Flawed Peace
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