(A) persuade Congress to enter WWI
(B) ** set goals for achieving peace after World War I
(C) provide aid for rebuilding war torn nations
(D) punish Germany for the sinking of the Lusitania
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Note:Fourteen Points were outlined by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918 after World War-I. The purpose of the Fourteen points was to outline strategy to end the war, to set goals the United States wanted to achieve by fighting in the war and to prepare the way to maintain peace after the war.
Concept note-2: -Wilson’s 14 Points were designed to undermine the Central Powers’ will to continue, and to inspire the Allies to victory. The 14 Points were broadcast throughout the world and were showered from rockets and shells behind the enemy’s lines.
Concept note-3: -Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, Wilson led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy.”
Concept note-4: -Wilson’s proposal called for the victorious Allies to set unselfish peace terms with the vanquished Central Powers of World War I, including freedom of the seas, the restoration of territories conquered during the war and the right to national self-determination in such contentious regions as the Balkans.
Concept note-5: -Woodrow Wilson’s Message The 14 points included proposals to ensure world peace in the future: open agreements, arms reductions, freedom of the seas, free trade, and self-determination for oppressed minorities.