HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Withdrawal of their nations from dangerous involvement in foreign affairs
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Permitting people in colonized areas to have the right of self-determination
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Protecting the rights of national groups to associate with other national groups
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Punishing Germany for starting the war and dividing its territory
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Detailed explanation-1: -Woodrow Wilson came to the peace conference with one set of goals. Victorious European nations came with different goals. What was a primary goal of the British and French at the Versailles peace conference? One of Woodrow Wilson’s most important goals after World War I was to establish a League of Nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did Wilson’s goals for the peace differ from those of other Allied leaders? Woodrow Wilson mainly wanted self-determination and democracy for various countries, whereas France wanted to weaken Germany so it could never again threaten France.
Detailed explanation-3: -On July 10, 1919, the president of the United States, for the first time since 1789, personally delivered a treaty to the Senate. This was no ordinary treaty; it was the Treaty of Versailles, ending World War I and establishing the League of Nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -In his War Message to Congress, President Wilson declared that the U.S. objective was “to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world.”