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.