He begins by talking about his purpose with his 14 points: peace. He talks about how America had entered the war because of the violations of basic human rights that had occurred. He then introduces his 14 point plan to keep another war from happening. His points were that there would be only open policy(so there would be no secret alliances), that there must be open waters, that there can't be any economic barriers between nations, that there must be a limit to the amount of weapons each country has at one time, that the countries must look at their colonies with an open mind, that everybody needs to get out of Russian land, that Belgium would be restored, that the conflict over Alsace-Lorraine needed to be fixed, that the borders of Italy needed to be redone, that the Autria-Hungarian people needed to be given the chance to recover, that some of the Russian territories be evacuated, just like Russia, that the Ottoman Empire should develop a more stable government, that Poland would become its own country, and that all countries must be guaranteed political freedom through one group of countries(The League of Nations). Wilson then concludes by talking about how America has no hard feelings towards the Germans, and that nobody wants to fight, but this is the only way to make that happen.
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| Woodrow Wilson(click hyperlink for source) |
My source for this:
Wilson's 14 points
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