Chapter 23 Section 4

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Chapter 23 Section 4

• The Legacy of WWI

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Costs of WWI
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Wounded.

• 20 million soldiers wounded in battle
• Example
• France 7 out of 10 healthy young men were
  killed or wounded in WWI
• United States
• 200,000 wounded

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Economic Costs of the War

• Allies 145 billion
• Central Powers 63 billion
• Many European countries went into debt to pay for
  the war

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Flu Epidemic

• Killed Approximately 30 million people Worldwide
• 800,000 U.S. Citizens died from the flu between
  1918-1919

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League of Nations

• International organization that was proposed
  after WWI
• It was set up as a way for nations to settle
  conflicts through negotiation.
• President Wilson favored the U.S. joining it
• Others (particularly Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge)
  argued against joining the League

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Wilsons 14 Points

• Woodrow Wilson called for
• Smaller military forces worldwide
• End of secret treaties
• Freedom of the seas/free trade
• Breaking up of empires
• Self-determination

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Treaty of Versailles

• Germany gets PUNISHED
• Germany had to
• Accept full blame for the war
• Stripped of all colonies
• Their army and navy nearly completely taken away
• Have to pay 33 billion in reparations
• Divided up Austria Hungary and Ottoman Empire