USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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The major purpose of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points (1918) was to

(A) Persuade congress to enter World War I

(B) ** Set goals for achieving peace after WWI

(C) Provide aid for rebuilding war torn countries

(D) Punish Germany for sinking 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’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.