The Cost of War
__________Allied soldiers died during World War I.
5 million
Name the thing included in the peace agreement drawn up by Woodrow Wilson.
Fourteen Points
Name three things in the Fourteen Points plan that Woodrow Wilson drew up.
Settle national border disputes, cutback on the military, lowered tariffs, banned secret agreements (alliances) between nations, settlements for colonial peoples wanting to be independent.
Name the five countries in Europe that became independent countries after World War I ended.
Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.
__________ Central Powers soldiers died during World War I.
3.5 million
What was the name of the organization that settled international disputes and encouraged democracy?
League of Nations
Allied nations wanted Germany to do these two things.
Accept blame for the war and pay reparations ($33 billion dollars)
Which country in Europe was restored as a nation?
Poland
___________ U.S. soldiers died in World War I.
116,000 thousand
Who were the Big Four leaders that attended the Treaty of Versailles peace conference outside Paris, France.
Woodrow Wilson- U.S. leader
Prime Minister David Lloyd George- G.B. leader
Premier Georges Clemenceau- French leader
Vittorio Orlando- Italy leader
France and other Allies wanted this to also punish Germany.
Large parts of German territory
This happened in 1918 shortly after World War I. It started in the U.S. then spread worldwide.
Epidemic of influenza.
What did many allied leaders insist on at Versailles?
Severe punishment for Germany
How many Senators need to approve a treaty before it is approved?
2/3 or 67 Semators
Name five things that occurred during the influenza breakout in the U.S.
Virus extremely contagious, virus extremely deadly, about 30 million people died- more than in World War I, starts at army training camp in Kansas, transmitted through the air rapidly in U.S., affected young, old, strong, and vulnerable, state and local officials, impose quarantine, ban at public gatherings, no cure, 800,000 Americans home and overseas killed.
Which former Allied Power, along with the Central Powers countries, did not attend the conference?
Russia
Which nation signed a separate treaty with the Central Powers and did not join the League of Nations?
The U.S.