14 Points
Year Wilson planned to present his 14 points to world leaders at the Paris Peace Conference.
1918
A group which provided a forum for Nations to discuss and settle differences without resorting to war.
League of Nations.
Conference at which Wilson planned to present his
The Paris Peace conference.
The treaty that ended WWI
The treaty of Versailles
What signaled the start of WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Name 2 of the 14 points.
1. Open diplomacy without secret treaties
2. Economic free trade on the seas during war and peace
3. Equal trade conditions
4. Decrease armaments among all nations
5. Adjust colonial claims
6. Evacuation of all Central Powers from Russia and allow it to define its own independence
7. Belgium to be evacuated and restored
8. Return of Alsace-Lorraine region and all French territories
9. Readjust Italian borders
10. Austria-Hungary to be provided an opportunity for self-determination
11. Redraw the borders of the Balkan region creating Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro
12. Creation of a Turkish state with guaranteed free trade in the Dardanelles
13. Creation of an independent Polish state
14. Creation of the League of Nations
Coalition of countries lead by France, UK, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the US.
The Allies.
The treaty of Versailles established/Changed the borders of 9 nations nations, name at least 2.
Austria, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, and Finland.
The document Wilson presented to Congress which he believed would prevent further war.
The 14 points.
The president who proposed Peace arrangements to avoid war, namely the 14 points.
Woodrow Wilson.
Name 3 of the 14 Points.
1. Open diplomacy without secret treaties
2. Economic free trade on the seas during war and peace
3. Equal trade conditions
4. Decrease armaments among all nations
5. Adjust colonial claims
6. Evacuation of all Central Powers from Russia and allow it to define its own independence
7. Belgium to be evacuated and restored
8. Return of Alsace-Lorraine region and all French territories
9. Readjust Italian borders
10. Austria-Hungary to be provided an opportunity for self-determination
11. Redraw the borders of the Balkan region creating Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro
12. Creation of a Turkish state with guaranteed free trade in the Dardanelles
13. Creation of an independent Polish state
14. Creation of the League of Nations
Group that combated the Allies in WWI.
The Central Powers.
The Palace where the big 4 and defeated nations gathered to sign for peace.
The Palace of Versailles
What was the War-Guilt clause?
An addition to the treaty of Versailles that forced Germany to take sole blame for WWI.
This person, upon Wilson's return to the US, noted along with the public, that the treaty of Versailles was considered to be too cruel and considered it a sell-out to imperialism.
Herbert Hoover.
The Hall in the Palace of Versailles where the big 4 and defeated nation gathered.
The Hall of Mirrors.
Group represented by a Hammer and Sickle.
Soviet Union
WWI drastically changed the make-up of which area, establishing 9 nations?
Europe.
What was the weakness of the treaty of Versailles?
The treatment of Germany weakened the ability of the treaty to provide lasting peace in Germany.
The French Premier who lived through 2 German invasions of France and was determined to help Wilson present the treaty of Versailles.
Georges Clemenceau.
The date Wilson Presented the 14 points to congress.
January 8th, 1918
Name at least 3 of 4 of the Places that made up the Central Powers.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
Precisely how much was Germany forced to pay the allies in reperations?
33 Billion.
At what 2 months and years did the Treaty come up for vote in front of the senate?
November 1919, March 1920.
The British prime minister who didn't support Wilson on the treaty because he had won re-election with the slogan; "Make Germany Pay"
David Lloyd George.