The Plan for Peace

In January of 1919, representatives from how many countries arrived at the Palace of Versailles to begin negotiations?

• 160

• 4

• 32

• 75

The four representatives that worked out the major details of the peace negotiations were:

• George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin

• Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando

• Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman

• Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis

What was the purpose of President Wilson's Fourteen Points?

• To establish a framework for peace after World War I

• To promote the spread of communism

• To encourage colonial expansion

• To strengthen military alliances

The first four points included an end to secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, and reduced national armies and navies.

• True

• False

What was the fifth goal of the Fourteen Points?

• Establishment of an independent Poland

• Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at

• Freedom of navigation upon the seas

• Adjustment of colonial claims

The sixth through thirteenth points were specific suggestions for changing borders and creating new nations.

• True

• False

Open covenants of peace openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.

• True

• False

What did Britain and France disagree with regarding Wilson's vision?

• They disagreed with Wilson's idea of self-determination for nations.

• They disagreed with Wilson's plan for the League of Nations.

• They disagreed with Wilson's economic policies.

• They disagreed with Germany's role in the treaty.

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on which date?

• June 28, 1919

• July 14, 1918

• November 11, 1918

• August 4, 1914

The purpose of the League of Nations was to:

• promote international cooperation and achieve peace and security

• establish a global economic system

• create a new world order based on communism

• dominate world trade