USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

[SOURCES]
Whose idea was the League of Nations?

(A) ** Wilson

(B) Churchill

(C) Lloyd George

(D) Henry Cabot Lodge

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Though first proposed by President Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points plan for an equitable peace in Europe, the United States never became a member.

Concept note-2: -In 1924, the headquarters of the League was named “Palais Wilson", after Woodrow Wilson, who was credited as the “Founder of the League of Nations."

Concept note-3: -Wilson drew up terms of peace including his design for a League of Nations, a world body to settle future conflicts among nations. Wilson took direct personal control of American foreign policy, which he believed was constitutionally mandated.

Concept note-4: -The League of Nations (1920 – 1946) was the first intergovernmental organization established “to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”.