making peace after war

1. Part 4: Making Peace
• Your goal:
Understand how the end of World War I
made World War II possible.

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TERMS & NAMES
Overview • Woodrow Wilson
• Fourteen Points
MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW • self-determination
After winning the war, Hard feelings left by the • Treaty of Versailles
the Allies dictated a peace settlement helped
harsh peace cause World War II. • League of Nations
settlement that left
many nations feeling
betrayed.
Assessment

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Treaty of Versailles
•Blames Germany for everything.
•Ignores Wilson’s Fourteen Points,
•Creates new nations in Europe,
•Is rejected by the United States
Senate.

4. big four
The Versailles Treaty

5. flaws of the treaty

6. league of Nations

7. league of Nations

8. Completing the cycle

9. map of Europe before

10. map of Europe after

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1. Look at the graphic to help organize your
thoughts. Explain the effects of World War I.
Millions of lives lost $338 billion cost
Effects of WWI
Land, towns, and Widespread
villages destroyed disillusionment

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2. Do you think the peace settlements at Versailles
were fair? Why or why not? Consider the warring and
nonwarring nations affected. THINK ABOUT
• Germany’s punishment
• the creation of new nations
• the mandate system
ANSWER
Possible Fair: Germany was punished for its aggression,
Responses: and numerous independence claims were
addressed through the creation of new nations.
Unfair: Germany was too harshly punished, and
colonial peoples did not get their independence.