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14 Points Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace
• No secret diplomacy• Freedom of seas• Free trade• Reduce arms• Self-Determination• League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles Germany loses
• Blamed for war• Reparations• Loss of military• Loss of land• Loss of colonies
League of Nations Many fear it will pull US into more
wars Senate does not approve Treaty of
Versailles• US not in League of Nations
War Debt US- largest creditor
• Countries owe US $ European nations can’t pay The Dawes Plan
• US lends money to Germany• Germany pays reparations• Allies pay US
Arms Control
Kellogg-Briand Pact• 1928 15 nations meet and sign pact• War outlawed except in self-defense
OFFICIAL END TO WAR Senate rejected Treaty July 2, 1921 Congress votes to
end war Congress ratifies separate peace
treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary