R2- World War 1

The United States entered the world war after noticing how the war was violating the rights of their own people. To try and solve this problem, Woodrow Wilson stepped in and created a document, “President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points”. It was a list of the many ideas Wilson thought would help relieve tensions in the war. After reading through all of Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen points, I noticed that he has some valid statements. Although I think it is a lot to be asking for especially at a time of such conflict and tension between major dominating powers. The point I think is the one to most likely be helpful in avoiding future war is point I, “Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view”. I think this because it will not allow powers to be secretly joining together and creating an even bigger alliance only to completely take over the other side when they weren’t able to know about it and prepare. The point I think is the least effective is point IV, ” Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety”. I think this because if weapons are reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety, then people are going to purchase more weapons and can possibly use them in the wrong way and could build up to starting a war.