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January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson's presented his speech about fourteen points. He stated his opinion on Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. The details of the speech were based on reports generated by “The Inquiry.” "The Inquiry" is a group of about 150 political and social scientists. In the speech, Wilson, directly addressed what he became aware of, as the causes for the world war. He called for the abolition of secret treaties, a reduction in armaments, an adjustment in colonial claims, and he did this in the interests of both native peoples and colonists, and freedom of the seas. Wilson also made suggestions that would ensure world peace in the future. Wilson’s 14 Points were designed to undermine the Central Powers’ will to continue and to inspire the Allies to victory.

Most of Wilson’s 14 Points were scuttled by the leaders of England and France. Wilson discovered that England, France, and Italy were mostly interested in regaining what they had lost and gaining more by punishing Germany. Germany quickly found out that Wilson’s blueprint for world peace would not apply to them. Mean while, the treaty was never adopted by the Senate, so the United States never joined the League of Nations. Wilson then later suggested that without American participation in the League, another world war would be within a generation.

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