What we’re going to do today

Agenda: – Graphic Organizer– Fourteen Points Scavenger

Hunt

By the end of class, you will be able to explain how World War I and describe the Treaty of Versailles.

By the end of class, you will be able to explain how World War I and describe the Treaty of Versailles.

World War I Ends

November 11, 1918 At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh

month of 1918, the war ended and Germany and Allies sign an Armistice.

How is this map different from a map before WWI?

The Results of World War I

• President Wilson helped write the Versailles Treaty

• It called for the formation of the League of Nations

• Treaty or agreement that ended World War I

What was the

Versailles Treaty?

President Woodrow

Wilson’s peace plan,

the Fourteen Points,

called for a League of Nations

What was the League of Nations?

• International group formed

after World War I to settle

disputes or disagreements

peacefully

But…The United States decided NOT to join the League of Nations…

because… The U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles

and so… Never joined the

League of Nations

WHY? The United States thought

the nation should return to

a policy of “isolation” or

remaining separate from

other countries

BUT…The other countries

signed the Versailles Treaty

and so formed the League of Nations

What are the 2 different opinions about the League of Nations?

Describe or explain

thiscartoon

eCart Practice – 10 questions

1. A major reason the United States entered World War I was

a. The attack on Pearl Harbor

b. The invasion of Poland

c. German submarine warfare

d. The explosion of the U.S. Maine

2. The U.S. and its Allies fought the Central Powers in WWI.

The Allies included…

a. The Netherlands and Spain

b. Britain and France

c. Austria, Hungary, and Turkey

d. Germany and Bulgaria

3. What was the major reason President Wilson’s peace plan failed?

a. The opposition of Germany’s leaders

b. The U.S. Senate refused to approve the

Treaty of Versailles

c. A revolution started in Russia

d. The start of the Great Depression

Use this cartoon

to answerQuestions #4

and #5

4. Who is getting married in the cartoon?

a. Peace and war

b. The United States and foreign nations

c. The U.S. Senate and the U.S. President

d. France and Germany

5. Based on the cartoon, how do you think the U.S. Senators will react when they are asked

to approve the treaty?

a. They will want the U.S. to sign the treaty and join the League of Nations

b. They will welcome the treatyc. They will want the U.S. to sign the treaty and

make permanent alliances with the nations of Northwestern Europe

d. They will vote to reject the treaty

6. When WWI began in Europe, the United States…

a. Issued the Zimmermann Telegram

b. Joined the Triple Entente

c. Declared war on Germany

d. Chose to remain neutral

7. A note, proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico that really

angered Americans was the…

a. Treaty of Versailles

b. Fourteen Points

c. Zimmermann Telegram

d. Mexican Agreement

8. President Wilson hoped the League of Nations would…

a. Allow nations to solve their conflicts without

going to war

b. Reduce tariffs in the world

c. Make a peace treaty to end the war

d. Help the U.S. avoid foreign problems

9. The U.S. did NOT participate in the League of Nations because of a decision

in the…

a. Office of the President

b. Senate

c. Supreme Court

d. World Court

10. In his plan called the Fourteen points, President Wilson believed world peace could be achieved with the formation

of the…

a. World of Nations

b. League of Nations

c. United Nations

d. League of Powers

Assessing and Interpreting Sources

Learning the SkillAlways consider the source when reading a

historical document. Assessing and interpreting sources means keeping in mind who wrote the document and the historical events of the time. You can more easily determine whether the source has a reason to present a particular point of view that may be more opinion or propaganda than fact