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What was Woodrow Wilsons idea to end WWI and how is it related to the League of Nations?

2007-03-07 15:46:07 · 1 answers · asked by xsv_bass 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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Wilson intended the Fourteen Points as a means toward ending the war and achieving an equitable peace for all the nations. He spent six months at Paris for the 1919 Paris Peace Conference (making him the first U.S. president to travel to Europe while in office). He worked tirelessly to promote his plan. The charter of the proposed League of Nations was incorporated into the conference's Treaty of Versailles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%2C_Woodrow#Versailles_1919

President Woodrow Wilson articulated what became known as the Fourteen Points before Congress on January 8, 1918. The Points were the only war aims clearly expressed by any belligerent nation and thus became the basis for the Treaty of Versailles following World War I. The speech was highly idealistic, translating Wilson's progressive domestic policy of democracy, self-determination, open agreements, and free trade into the international realm. It also made several suggestions for specific disputes in Europe on the recommendation of Wilson's foreign policy advisor, Colonel Edward M. House, and his team of 150 advisors known as “The Inquiry.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%2C_Woodrow#The_Fourteen_Points

2007-03-07 16:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 0 0

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