World War I

The End of the War

World War I U.S Joins the War

Causes of U.S.
declaration of war:
Germans attack the
Lusitania (Americans
died) and the
Zimmerman Note
Germany asks Mexico to
make war against US

President Woodrow
Wilson asks congress
to declare war (1917)

WWI End of the War

Russia drops out and
breaks out into civil
war (1917).
Germans make one
last attempt to win but
the U.S. presence
makes a difference.

WWI End of the War

July 1918, Entente
Forces push
Germans back
(Battle of the Marne)
November 1918,
Germans declare an
armistice (break in the
fighting)

WWI The Paris Peace Talks

Wilson proposes his 14
Points.
Free Trade
Reduce weapons
Self-determination
(freedom to choose
government)
Point 14 - Ensure a
lasting peace with the
League of Nations

WWI Paris Peace Talks

Georges Clemenceau,
from France, wants
security and reparations
David Lloyd George, from
England, wants Germany
to pay.
US wants lasting peace,
14 Points

WWI Treaty of Versailles

Signed June 28, 1919
Separate peace
agreements
(Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Turkey,
Bulgaria)
Germany forced to
take blame, forced to
pay damages, loses
land, army minimized.

WWI Treaty of Versailles

U.S. rejected the Treaty
of Versailles(Article 14
U.S. involvement in the
L.O.N.
Without U.S. support &
participation, the League
failed to exist.
Most countries did not get
what they wanted from
the Treaty of V.

WWI New Map

Finland, Latvia, Estonia,
Lithuania, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Austria,
Hungary, & Yugoslavia.
Created with the goal of
self-determination
Goal to create a buffer
zone against Russia

WWI -New Map

Arabs in the middle east
were upset because they
did not get independence.
German colonies in Africa
came under British and
French control.

WWI - Results

Strengthened central governments.

New nations were created in Eastern Europe.
Strengthened the U.S.
Left Germany bitter.
African and Middle Eastern countries left bitter.