AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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a call for open, not secret, diplomacy.
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guaranteed freedom of the seas.
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reduction of military armaments (weapons).
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a demand for a clause to place blame on Great Britain for the blockade.
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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: -It was not Wilson’s objective or desire to confront European colonial powers over such matters, as Wilson had no intention of supporting any demands for self-determination and sovereignty that conflicted with the interests of the victorious Allies.
Detailed explanation-3: -They prescribed a program of transparency in international relations, free trade, freedom of the seas, reductions in armaments, national self-determination, and adjustment of colonial claims that gave equal weight to the peoples of the colonized countries.