Download Treaty of Versailles - History With Mrs. Hughes

On January 8, 1918, President Wilson outlined his
vision for the postwar world in a plan known as
the Fourteen Points.
The Fourteen Points were a list of specific
proposals for postwar peace.
Key goals of the Fourteen Points:
* End secret alliances
* Encourage free shipping
* Remove barriers to trade
* Reduce armies and navies
* Resolve colonial claims
* Support the right of people to choose their own
government
* Settle border disputes
* Establish the League of Nations
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Conditions of the Treaty
1. Germany had to pay $33 billion in
reparations in order to pay for the
destruction that it caused during the war.
2. Germany had to admit its guilt for
causing the war.
3. Large empires like Austria-Hungary
and the Ottoman Empire were divided up.
4. The League of Nations was created.
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The treaty established nine new nations
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Poland
Finland
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
B. Aftermath of the Treaty
1. Due to stress, Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke in
September 1919. (In 21 days, he traveled almost
10,000 miles and gave over 30 speeches.)
2. The Senate refuses to approve the League of
Nations treaty.
3. League of Nations is formed without the US.
Why might the United States be hesitant to sign the treaty?
C. Results of the Treaty
1. It failed to make Europe safer without the US in
the League of Nations.
2. Germans grew resentful because of admitting
guilt and paying reparations.
3. Germany goes through a Depression.
In January 1921,
German currency was
worth 64 marks to the
dollar.
 By November 1923,
one dollar was worth
4,200,000,000,000
marks.
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Price of a Loaf of
Bread 1918 – just over
half a mark
1922 – 163 marks/loaf
1923 (Nov) – 201,000
million marks/loaf
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Treaty of Versailles
(limitations)
Type Amount Allowed
Planes
0
Warships
6
Soldiers
100,000
Conscription* Banned
*(involuntary labor
demanded by an
established authority)