AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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To impose punitive measures on Germany
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To create a League of Nations
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To win land for the US
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To implement a comprehensive reparations plan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most importantly, however, was Point 14, which called for a “general association of nations” that would offer “mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small nations alike.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The fourteenth point proposed what was to become the League of Nations to guarantee the “political independence and territorial integrity [of] great and small states alike.” Though Wilson’s idealism pervades the Fourteen Points, he also had more practical objectives in mind.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Wilson first evoked the principles of his Fourteen Points in a speech to Congress in January of 1918. His main motivation in drafting the Fourteen Points was to lay out his vision for peace in a post-war world. Each of the fourteen points lays out a plan that could possibly prevent future wars from occurring.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most important for Wilson, the League would guarantee the territorial integrity and political independence of member states, authorize the League to take “any action…to safeguard the peace, ” establish procedures for arbitration, and create the mechanisms for economic and military sanctions.