Interactive exercise. Assistance may be required. The two maps below show the political boundaries of Europe before and after World War I. Study the two maps and use the information presented in the lesson to respond to the following questions in your notes.

  1. In what ways was Wilson's Fourteen Points speech propaganda?
  2. Based on the old and new political boundaries of the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) what ideas in the speech did the German Empire hope would be achieved when it requested armistice and peace negotiations?
  3. In what ways were Wilson's statements ignored?
  4. What ideas would you have added to the speech to ensure a lasting peace?

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