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Notes from The Americans
Chapter 11: The First World War
Section 4: Wilson Fights for Peace
California Academic Standards:
 11.4.4:
 Explain Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick diplomacy, William Taft's Dollar Diplomacy, and
Woodrow Wilson's Moral Diplomacy, drawing on relevant speeches.
Objectives:
Following lecture and reading of this section, students will be able to:
1. Summarize Wilson’s Fourteen Points
2. Describe the Treaty of Versailles and international and domestic reaction to it
3. Explain some of the consequences of the war
Notes
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Do you think people and governments can resolve their differences without war?
Wilson at Versailles
 Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points, his plan for world peace, to congress
 The Allies reject most of Wilson’s plan
 What were Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
Treaty of Versailles
 Create a chart like the one on page 418, listing three provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and the
results of those provisions
 The Treaty of Versailles weakens hopes for a lasting peace in Europe
 Several groups in the United States oppose the treaty because they believe it is too harsh
 Domestic opposition to the treaty centers on the League of Nations
 What was the Treaty of Versailles and what was international and domestic reaction to it?
The Legacy of the War
 Many Germans are shocked by the armistice and the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
 Desperate economic conditions in Germany help foster the rise of Hitler and his Nazi Party
 After the war, the United States emerges as the world’s greatest industrial power
 What were some of the consequences of the war?
In Closing:
 The Allies rejected Wilson’s Fourteen Points and inst4ead drew up their own provisions in the Treaty
of Versailles.
 At home, the Senate voted down United States membership in the League of Nations.
 Most Americans did not want any more involvement in European affairs.
 However, the treaty had sown the seeds of the Second World War.
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