Fourteen Points: US History for Kids.
World War I: President Wilson's 14 Points. Figure 1.--Before World War I, Europe was dominated by four great empiures. Whatever their legitimacy, they were a force for stability. Several of Wilson's points supported the idea of national soverignty based on ethnicity. The cretion of many smaller states from these empires, many with German minorities, whatever its appeal was not a recipie for.
Fourteen Points, declaration by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson during World War I outlining his proposals for a postwar peace settlement. On January 8, 1918, Wilson, in his address to a joint session of Congress, formulated under 14 separate heads his ideas of the essential nature of a post-World War I settlement.
Transcript of President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points (1918) It will be our wish and purpose that the processes of peace, when they are begun, shall be absolutely open and that they shall involve and permit henceforth no secret understandings of any kind. The day of conquest and aggrandizement is gone by; so is also the day of secret covenants entered into in the interest of particular.
Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” January 8, 1918 Gentlemen of the Congress. It will be our wish and purpose that the processes of peace, when they are begun, shall be absolutely open and that they shall involve and permit henceforth no secret understandings of any kind. The day of conquest and aggrandizement is gone by; so is also the day of secret covenants entered into in the.
President Woodrow Wilson made his Fourteen Points with the goal of preventing future wars. Clearly, when viewed in this light, they were a complete failure.
President Wilson outlines his 14 Point after WW1. Blog. 13 May 2020. Stay connected to your students with Prezi Video, now in Microsoft Teams.
Fourteen Points in the News This newspaper headline illustrates a little-known fact about the Fourteen Points: Germany negotiated for peace based on Wilson's promises. 14 Swats A political cartoon comparing Wilson to George Washington in a less-than-historically-accurate fashion. Crybaby Cartoon.