AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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American optimism that the U.S. could lead the international community and peacefully resolve international disputes.
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various theories of collective security and international organization.
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tendencies toward American isolationism.
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Congress’s enthusiasm to join the League of Nations.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the speech, Wilson directly addressed what he perceived as the causes for the world war by calling for the abolition of secret treaties, a reduction in armaments, an adjustment in colonial claims in the interests of both native peoples and colonists, and freedom of the seas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.”