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AMERICAN HISTORY STUDY GUIDE

5.3 – The End of World War I (230-238)

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A. America Joins the Fighting

OBJECTIVE: Explain the contributions of the American Expeditionary Force to the Allied victory in WWI.  

1. What were the reactions of Europeans to America’s decision to enter WWI?  [p 230]

1. Introduction

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2. Draw a diagram of the Allied use of the convoy system.  [p 230]

** This can be done on your lined, note paper.           ** Be sure to label the ships

2. The Convoy System

1. convoy

3. Use the terms in this subsection to write a single sentence to explain how the war on the Eastern Front ended.   [p 231]

3. The War Ends on the Eastern Front

2. Czar Nicholas II

3. Vladimir Lenin

4. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

5. Eastern Front

4. Explain how the arrival of American troops in Europe affected the war.   [p 231]

4. General John J. Pershing and the AEF

6. General Ferdinand Foch

7. General John J. Pershing

8. American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

5. Identify the significance of each of the terms in this subsection on the American war effort.   [p 232]

5. American Troops in Battle

9. doughboys

10. Second Battle of the Marne

11. Alvin York

12. 369th Infantry Regiment

13. Croix de Guerre

14. Battle of the Argonne Forest

6. Briefly explain why the war came to an end.  [p 233]

7. Identify the death counts.  [p 233]

6. Germany Surrenders

15. November 11, 1918

16. armistice **

B. Wilson Wants “Peace Without Victory”

OBJECTIVE:  Describe the issues raised by President Wilson’s Fourteen Points.

8. Compare the points of view (POVs) of Lenin to Wilson on WWI.   [p 233]

1. Introduction

17. Vladimir Lenin

18. Woodrow Wilson

19. “peace without victory”

9. Create a bulleted list of the major principles of Wilson’s 14 Points.   [p 234]

2. The Fourteen Points

20. Fourteen Points

21. self-determination

22. League of Nations

10. Compare Wilson and Lodge’s views on America’s place in the post-war world.       [p 234]

3. Wilson Travels to Paris

23. Versailles

24. Henry Cabot Lodge

C. The Paris Peace Conference

OBJECTIVE: Analyze the decisions made at the Paris Peace Conference and the decisions included in the Treaty of Versailles.

11. Define “reparations.”  [p 235]

1. Introduction

25. reparations

12. Explain how the European leaders differed from Wilson in their approach to the “peace” process.   [p 235]

2. Allied Leaders Reject Wilson’s Ideas

26. David Lloyd-George

27. Georges Clemenceau

28. Alsace-Lorraine

29. Vittorio Orlando

30. Big Four **

3. The League of Nations

13. Explain how the failure of a stable government in Iraq was ordained by the division of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI [p 236] ** If not sure, ask a parent, or Google it.

4. Problems With the Peace

31. mandate

D. America Rejects the Treaty of Versailles

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the pros and cons of US participation in the League of Nations.

OBJECTIVE: Explain why the US Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

14. What was the impact of the 1918 flu?          [p 236]

1. Introduction

2. The Flu Epidemic

32. pandemic

33. Great Influenza pandemic/ Great Pandemic/ Flu Panic of 1918

15. Explain the varying oppositions to the Treaty of Versailles.  [p 237]

3. Wilson Faces Opposition at Home

34. war-guilt clause (Article 231)

35. irreconcilables

36. reservationists

37. Wilson Democrats

16. What ultimately led to the defeat of the Treaty of Versailles in the US Senate?            [p 238]

17. What was the major consequence for history of the US Senate rejecting the treaty?    [p 238]

4. The United States Fails to Approve Treaty of Versailles