USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
Woodrow Wilson’s political agenda following World War I was based on

(A) ** the desire for a global and lasting peace.

(B) his attempt to be re-elected after World War I.

(C) American economic investments in western Europe.

(D) the fear of communism and its spread to democratic countries.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -On January 8, 1918, in a speech to Congress, Wilson outlined a plan for “long-lasting peace in Europe.” This speech became the foundation for Wilson’s Fourteen Points. Wilson believed that in order to bring peace to Europe, the powers of Europe needed to address and accept strategies that would foster world peace.

Concept note-2: -Wilson also made proposals that would ensure world peace in the future. For example, he proposed the removal of economic barriers between nations, the promise of “self-determination” for oppressed minorities, and a world organization that would provide a system of collective security for all nations.

Concept note-3: -Wilson went before Congress in January 1918, to enunciate American war aims–the Fourteen Points, the last of which would establish “A general association of nations…affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.”

Concept note-4: -Woodrow Wilson claimed his place within the Progressive movement with his economic reform package, “the New Freedom.” This agenda, which passed congress at the end of 1913, included tariff, banking, and labor reforms and introduced the income tax.

Concept note-5: -His objectives include the self-determination of nations, free trade, disarmament, a pact to end secret treaties, and a league of nations to realize collective security.