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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