HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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“Sunni and Shiite Muslims . . . are two distinct sects that have been at odds for centuries.”
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“. . . Americans tried installing a coalition government of Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds . . .”
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“. . . Wilson advocated for self-determination of these lands in his Fourteen Points.”
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“The U.S. has supported moderate rebels . . .”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wilson’s Fourteen Points were based on a major idea-the principle of self-determination, under which nationalities would have their own states. The members of a nationality or ethnic group share a cultural heritage, often associated with the place of its members’ birth or descent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Woodrow Wilson’s Message The 14 points included proposals to ensure world peace in the future: open agreements, arms reductions, freedom of the seas, free trade, and self-determination for oppressed minorities.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Fourteen Points speech of President Woodrow Wilson was an address delivered before a joint meeting of Congress on January 8, 1918, during which Wilson outlined his vision for a stable, long-lasting peace in Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world following World War I.
Detailed explanation-4: -3. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Detailed explanation-5: -Open diplomacy without secret treaties. Economic free trade on the seas during war and peace. Equal trade conditions. Decrease armaments among all nations. Adjust colonial claims. Evacuation of all Central Powers from Russia and allow it to define its own independence. More items