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by Aalia
Before World War 1 ended, President Woodrow Wilson began thinking about how to keep world peace. On January 8, 1918, President Wilson spoke to Congress about his Fourteen Points for peace after World War 1. He hoped that his 14 points would bring lasting peace to the world. President Wilson wanted the countries to agree upon open talks and alliances rather than secret discussions and alliances, freedom of the seas, equal trade among nations, reduced military, and an association of countries. As World War 1 continued, many people in the United States and other Allied nations supported Wilson’s Fourteen Points. But when the war ended, many began to question some of them. 30 countries came together at the end of the war to write a peace treaty. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty the created and it contained very few of the points. The treaty did create an association of nations like President Wilson wanted. It was called the League of Nations. The countries that signed the peace treaty agreed to be members of the League of Nations. The United States however did not approve for the United States to become a member of the League of Nations because it was afraid it would make the United States become involved in problems in other countries.
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