AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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Could prevent future wars through territorial integrity and collective security
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Could prevent future wars through Freedom of the Seas and the right of self-determination
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Could destroy the Treaty of Versailles and must be stopped
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Was the best idea to promote United States’ ideals
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Woodrow Wilson’s plan to prevent future wars was to bring together all the nations in a single organization called the ‘’League of Nations”. Wilson hoped that by changing from the traditional system of alliances to one of cooperative development, nations could solve their problems without resorting to warfare.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wilson thought that the United States alone could shape an effective peace settlement because he believed that the combatants were politically and morally bankrupt. Wilson felt that American intervention in 1917 would ensure that the United States would play a decisive role and dominate the postwar peace conference.