Includes images of original primary source documents, lesson plans, teacher and student competitions, and educational resources. In this january 8, 1918, address to congress, president woodrow wilson proposed a 14point program for world peace. Fourteen points for peace 1918 woodrow wilson historical. Woodrow wilsons fourteen points january 8, 1918 gentlemen of the congress. Americas historical documents selected online documents from the. More information on adobe acrobat pdf files is available on our accessibility page. The fourteen points fail once was the war was over, germany having been brought to the verge of military collapse and forced into a surrender, the victorious allies gathered for the peace conference to sort the world out. In this january 8, 1918, address to congress, president woodrow wilson proposed a 14 point program for world peace. President woodrow wilsons fourteen points it will be our wish and purpose that the processes of peace, when they are begun, shall be absolutely open and that they shall involve and permit henceforth no secret understandings of any kind.
President woodrow wilsons fourteen points 8 january, 1918. It will be our wish and purpose that the processes of peace, when they are. Oleg demidov, woodrow wilsons fourteen points in the information age. Reduce the number of suppliers for the same item by.
The fable of the fourteen points scholars at harvard. Move toward a single supplier for any one item on a longterm relationship of loyalty and trust. Demings 14 points page 14 4 end the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag. Featuring 100 milestone documents of american history from the national archives. He also advised against punishing germany with overly harsh measures. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. President woodrow wilsons 14 points 1918 our documents. Instead, require meaningful measures of quality along with price. When germany began arrangements for an armistice, it was the fourteen points they wished to come to terms under. Transcribed excerpts from president woodrow wilsons.
Highresolution pdfs of president woodrow wilsons 14. He proposed that european nations, including belgium and france, be restored to their former condition. The fourteen points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace. Woodrow wilsons fourteen points explanation and text. Fourteen points iowa department of cultural affairs. President woodrow wilsons 14 points todays document from the. In this exercise you will create a postersize concept map with three or more classmates.
Fourteen points for peace 1918 woodrow wilson historical background after the spanishamerican war in 1898, americans largely reverted to a belief in isolationism, meaning that the united states should avoid what george washington called passionate attachments to, and thomas jefferson called entangling alliances with other nations. Read wilsons 14 points, then the list of four of wilsons foreign policy goals below. The group produced and collected nearly 2,000 separate reports and documents plus at least 1,200 maps. Demings 14 points for management department of statistics. Place the documents sidebyside so that you can consult them as you create your. The fourteen points 1918 woodrow wilson as world war i drew to a close, woodrow wilson issued these fourteen points as a roadmap for a just and permanent peace. It will be our wish and purpose that the processes of peace, when they are begun, shall be absolutely open and that they shall involve and permit henceforth no secret understandings of any kind.
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