Question

What was the purpose of the Fourteen Points?
A.To outline a strategy to end the war
B.To set goals the United States wanted to achieve by fighting in the war
C.To prepare the way to maintain peace after the war
D.All of the above

Answer 1

Hint:President Woodrow Wilson of United States gave speech on the year 1918 to congress that mentioned the Fourteen Points after the World War I. United States was on the side of Allies during the World War I. It entered the war in the year 1916.

Complete answer:
After World War I, Fourteen Points for peace were declared by Woodrow Wilson which he believed to be a plan for peace. Wilson wanted World War I to be the war to end all wars.
The United States was on the side of Allies during World War I. The United States was not fighting over territory or due to revenge over wars that took place in the past. In order to end war and bring peace, he gathered few advisors in order to plan for peace. This plan for peace came to be known as Fourteen points.
The purpose of this plan was to put an end to war as well as create peace. The United States wanted to achieve goals that it wanted to achieve through the war. The Treaty of Versailles with Germany was more harsh than Fourteen points. This treaty came to be known as the guilt clause since it blamed Germany for war. Germany had to pay a big reparation sum.
Fourteen points mentioned the formation of the League of Nations to protect the independence of all countries no matter big or small. Poland was declared as an independent country.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:Fourteen Points were outlined by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918 after World War-I. The purpose of the Fourteen points was to outline strategy to end the war, to set goals the United States wanted to achieve by fighting in the war and to prepare the way to maintain peace after the war.