Global Peacemaker Chapter 19 Sec4on 5 Wilson’s Fourteen Points •  Plan to ensure peace a=er the war. –  End of entangling alliances –  Reduce military forces –  Self-­‐determina4on, power to make decisions about one’s own future, for Austria-­‐Hungary’s ethnic groups. •  In the end, it failed. Compromised Peace •  Allies wanted Central Powers to pay for war damage •  Wilson wanted to respect the rights of na4ve people – forced to compromise. •  Allies took over Germany’s colonies in Africa, China, and the Pacific. League of Na4ons •  Organiza4on in which the na4ons of the world would join to ensure security and peace for all the members. •  Ar4cle 10: An aUack on one member na4on would be viewed as an aUack on all members. –  Republicans reject it, feared being dragged into unpopular foreign wars. Peace Treaty •  The Versailles Treaty signed June 28, 1919 •  New na4ons created from territory taken from Austria-­‐Hungary, Russia, and Germany. •  Germany forced to pay repara4ons –  Wilson worried it would lead to future wars. Post-­‐WWI Europe Congress and the Treaty •  Congress voted against ra4fying the Versailles Treaty. •  Ra4fied a separate peace trea4es with Germany, Austria, and Hungary. –  US never joins the League of Na4ons Economic Problems at Home •  The war led to growth of the US economy –  US becomes biggest creditor na4on •  Lack of jobs for returning soldiers –  No plan to reintegrate them back into the workforce –  Some women fired and others resign to free up jobs •  African American soldiers s4ll face discrimina4on and second-­‐class ci4zenship. Causali4es of WWI Trench warfare