WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What organization did Wilson want to establish?
A
United Nations
B
European Union
C
League of Nations
D
NAFTA
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Origins of the League of Nations was found in the Fourteen Points laid down by US President Woodrow Wilson which envisioned an organisation that would solve a dispute between members. The League was approved and ratified by the Treaty of Versailles at the Versailles Conference on 28 April 1919.

Detailed explanation-2: -A champion of peace, he pushed for the creation of the League of Nations, which was designed to solve future international conflicts though diplomacy. His efforts won him the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1919.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Woodrow Wilson pushed the idea of the League of Nations due to his vision and hopes that the world could come together to prevent future conflicts like the First World War.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.”

Detailed explanation-5: -The League of Nations (1920 – 1946) was the first intergovernmental organization established “to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”.

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