AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They wanted to call a truce and forget the war happened.
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They wanted to keep fighting in the war.
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They wanted Germany to pay for the damage they caused.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why were England and France opposed to the Fourteen Points? England and France opposed the Fourteen Points because they disagreed on freedom of the seas and war reparations, respectively.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French ignored the Fourteen Points, for they were sure that they could gain more from their victory than Wilson’s plan allowed. Even the British, who were otherwise allied most closely with the United States, had doubts about Wilson’s grand plans for world peace.
Detailed explanation-3: -What did other leaders think? The leaders of the other Allied Nations, including David Lloyd George of Britain and Georges Clemenceau of France, thought that Wilson was being too idealistic. They were skeptical as to whether these points could be accomplished in the real world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wilson did not think that Germany should be punished for the war, and therefore he did not want to treaty on Germany to be too harsh. It was a worry of Wilson that if Germany was treated particularly badly then it could provoke another war.