Two students, John and Steve, got into a fight at school where John received a black eye and Steve got a bloody nose. They were brought to the dean's office, where the dean told them they must shake hands and forgive each other to resolve the situation. Several documents discuss possible ways to achieve world peace, including countries cooperating, trading with each other, making compromises, and creating international laws. However, after World War I ended, the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany severely and the U.S. ultimately rejected joining the League of Nations, contributing to its failure to ensure lasting peace.

1. Is it possible to create world
peace?

2. Two students, John and Steve, got into a fight
on the second floor. In the fight, John got a
black eye and Steve got a bloody nose. They
were both brought down to the dean’s office
where they were told by him that they must
shake hands and forgive each other.
*Did the dean do a good job handling the situation?
*Was he being realistic?
*How is this situation similar to what is going on in the
world in 1918?

3. F-Band Report Card: World
Peace
E, G, S Countries working together
Everyone trades with each other
Compromise---come to solution without fighting
Agreement—treaty
Don’t create alliances—no sides
Help countries in need out
F  Fights break out, riots
 Killing people
 Take land

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5. C-Band Report Card: World
Peace
E, G, S Good leaders
Trade—everyone trades with each other
Equality—don’t choose sides
No fighting—stay neutral
All countries come together and talk their problems
out
International laws that keep peaces
F  Fighting don’t talk things out
 Threaten/invade other countries
 Declare war
 Break promises
 Kill people

6. D-Band Report Card: World
Peace
E, G, S Stay neutral---no fights or getting involved
No trade or trade with everyone
No weapons or reduce weapons or army
Talk problems out instead of fighting
Create a treaty so there are no more fights
International law
F  Picking sides
 Trading with certain countries

7. WWI ENDS!
November 11, 1918
Armistice
– both sides (Central and
Allied Powers) agreed to
stop fighting
Germany was defeated
Allied Powers win the
war
Allied Powers create a
peace plan

8. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
January 8, 1918
Wilson gives his 14 Point
Speech to Congress
First 13 Points
– World where conflicts would be
settled without war
14th Point
– Creation of an organization where
countries would work together to
keep peace (League of Nations)
Winners of war object to
Wilson’s idea- more
concerned with protecting
their own interests than with
creating lasting peace

9. German Kaiser
Wilhelm
British Empire
Peace
Terms
France
America
Italy
Japan
BIG FOUR
PILLS
Worth
Millions
You’ve got to swallow it
whether you like it or not!

10. Treaty of Versailles
Diplomats from more than
30 nations met Versailles to
negotiate five separate
peace treaties
Key issues were decided by
Allied nations
– The Big Four: Woodrow
Wilson (U.S.), David Lloyd
George (Britain), Georges
Clemenceau (France), Vittorio
Orlando (Italy)
England, France, Italy
wanted to punish the
Germans

11. Treaty of Versailles
All of Germany’s colonies and lands they took
before WWI were taken away and divided
among Great Britain and France.
Germany was not allowed to have submarines
or military airplanes. They can only have very
small army.
Germany had to tell the world that they started
the war (take the blame) and they had to pay for
the entire war (33 billion dollars in reparations)
Establish a League of Nations
– Protect the independence of all countries-large or
small

12. Europe Before WWI Europe After WWI

13. What was the U.S.
viewpoint of joining the
League of Nations
League of Nations- President
Woodrow Wilson created the
League to prevent future wars by
allowing nations to talk over their
problems.

14. This cartoon
shows how
everyone
expected
different
things from
the League
of Nations.
Everyone
was trying to
"pull" it
different
ways.

15. U.S. Senate Rejects Treaty of
Versailles
Reasons:
– Politics- Republicans did not favor Wilson’s
Fourteen Points
– “Entangling Alliances”- did not want to get
involved in foreign affairs
– Military Powers shared with foreign leaders
The U.S. would lose control over it’s
affairs!

16. Isolationism
Isolationists- people who wanted the U.S.
to stay out of world affairs
Opposed the League of Nations

17. Isolationism in the U.S.
What is the man
doing in this
cartoon?
How does it
relate to the
idea of
Isolationism?

18. U.S. and the Peace Treaty
1921
U.S. finally signs treaty with Germany
Many nations already joined the League of
Nations
League of Nations eventually failed