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END OF WWILeague of Nations and Treaty of Versailles
■ After the Germans came within 50 miles of Paris, Allies launched a counteroffensive leading to a string of losses that left Germany standing alone– November 11, 1918 at 11:00 a.m.
Germany signed an armistice end the fighting
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Cost of WWI $330-375 billion in property
damage Nations were destroyed and
new created from the ashes
40 Million total casualties
15-19 million killed
21-23 million wounded
117,000 Americans killed and 204,000 wounded
7.4 million prisoners or MIA
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■ Wilson’s Fourteen Points
■ Treaty of Versailles
Debate on ratification
■ Senate had reservations– League of Nation required all members to go to war to
protect members■ Senate wanted to retain ability to declare war on its own
■ Wilson was stubborn– Refused to accept any changes to the League of Nations’
Charter
■ Result– Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles– U.S. signs separate treaty with Germany– U.S. never joins the League of Nations
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Legacy of WWI & Treaty of Versailles■ America implements an Isolationist Policy
■ Germany is plagued by huge debt from the war reparations Rise of Hitler, Nazism, and World War II