Analyzing President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

President Woodrow Wilson gave his speech “The Fourteen Points” on January 8th, 1918 to a joint session of Congress. Which was during the period of World War I that America had joined on April 6, 1917 to ensure was being fought for an everlasting peace in Europe. In this document President Woodrow Wilson discusses his Fourteen Points Plan. President Wilson begins by saying that we shall be open to start completely clean with one another by accepting what has been done in the past and choose to move forword and not dwell in the past. Then, President Wilson starts with explaining why and how we found ourselves in the midst of World War I. The first Point is explaining that there should not be any private alliances made but should be made within the public view. The second Point explains …show more content…
The Fourth Point guarantees that the lowest national armaments. The fifth Point states to keep an open mind of all colonial claims of all government’s titles determined. The sixth Point says the evacuation of Russian territory with their cooperation to ensure the independence of its sustain nations. The seventh Point explains that the whole world will agree that Belgium will be evacuated and restored. The eighth Point explains that all French territory should be freed and restored and that the unsettled peace should be made. The ninth Point states that the frontiers if Italy shall be affected along the lines of nationality. The tenth Point says that the people of Austria-Hungary who wish to safeguard should be guaranteed the right of freedom. The eleventh Point states that Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored and of course be guaranteed the political and economic independence. The Twelfth Point explains that the Turkish portion should be freed. The thirteenth point says that the Polish state should be freed. And finally the fourteenth Point states that there should