End of the War

The Fourteen Points for Peace The Treaty of Versailles A Return to “Normalcy”

Wilson’s 14 Points

Wilson’s 14 Points

Abolish “Secret” Treaties

Wilson’s 14 Points

Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas

Wilson’s 14 Points

Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas Removal of Economic Barriers between

nations

Wilson’s 14 Points

Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas Removal of Economic Barriers between

nations Reduction of Armaments

Wilson’s 14 Points

Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas Removal of Economic Barriers between

nations Reduction of Armaments Impartial Adjustment of colonial claims

Wilson’s 14 Points

Abolish “Secret” Treaties Freedom of the Seas Removal of Economic Barriers between

nations Reduction of Armaments Impartial Adjustment of colonial claims League of Nations

Wilson at Versailles

Woodrow Wilson wanted the treaty to be based on his Fourteen Points

He believed Germany should be punished but not severely. He wanted a just settlement that would not leave Germany feeling resentful

Wilson wanted to set up an international organisation called The League of Nations which would settle disputes

What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?• To do with Germany’s armed forces :

• The German army was to be reduced to 100,000 men. It was not allowed to have tanks.

• Germany was not allowed an airforce

• The area known as the Rhineland was to be de-militarised

• The Allies were to occupy the west bank of the Rhine for fifteen years

• The German navy was to have no submarines or large battle-ships

New Nations &Territories After WW I

New Nations &Territories After WW I

The Middle East in the 1920sThe Middle East in the 1920s

Europe following the War

Problems with the Treaty of Versailles

Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling

alliances

Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling alliances

Right Wingers thought the Germans got off to easy

Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling alliances Right Wingers thought the Germans got off to easy

Liberals claimed the peace was too harsh

Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling alliances Right Wingers thought the Germans got off to easy Liberals claimed the peace was too harsh

German-Americans thought Germany got screwed

Problems with the Treaty of Versailles Isolationists were afraid of entangling alliances Right Wingers thought the Germans got off to easy Liberals claimed the peace was too harsh German-Americans thought Germany got screwed

Irish-Americans thought the British got too much

Germany Accepts Responsibility

• The War Guilt Clause

• Germany agreed to pay for the damage caused by her armies during the war. The sum she had to pay was later fixed at £6,600 million

Warren G. Harding and a “Return to Normalcy

Harding

America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.