During the beginning of WWI, America chose to stay neutral. America had no motivation to go to war, Europe was far away and most Americans didn’t feel like it was their obligation to needlessly interfere in a foreign war, even though a large portion of the American population was of European heritage. Relating back to George Washington’s farewell address, neutrality is the best policy, this also reflected the views of most citizens and politicians leaving the US neutral until later. Wilson’s policies were intent on keeping the US impartial to either side while he was persistent in the US’s right to keep trade going as usual with both parties. Wilson showed appeasement in his extensive efforts to avoid war even after numerous fouls on Germany’s
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Although he was criticized for being to idealistic and not realistic, his 14 points addressed problems that the US and other country’s needed resolving. In summary, Wilson’s 14 points stated: That countries shouldn 't have secret diplomacy and all diplomatic agreements should be public, international seas should be safe to travel for neutral parties at all times, free trade between countries in peace, every nation should reduce it’s military size, fair colonial claims over land, Russia will choose it’s new form of government and all German troops will leave their soil, Belgium will become an independent nation and Germany will leave it’s borders, France will regain all territory, Italy will encompass all Italians, Austria-Hungary is able to stay an independent nation, Central Powers will leave Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania and they will become stay independent countries, Turks will have their own country and will protect stateless nations under their rule, Poland will be independent, and a League of Nations will be formed to encourage diplomatic endeavors between nations and make sure a great war doesn 't happen …show more content…
The US hosted conference took place to establish trade and military agreements with regard to the Atlantic and mainly Pacific. The Washington Naval Treaty resulted, it declared the allowed size of all the countries navies. It was effective because it accomplished what it set out to do in reducing the size of standing navies but there is the fact that there is always distrust between nations and regulations aren 't followed precisely. The Kellog-Briand Pact was an agreement in 1928 between fifteen nations in which they agreed to resolve conflicts without resulting to warfare if at all possible. This was effective in theory; however, in practice there was no way of enforcement for this pact and it didn 't hold true very long. The Hoover-Stimson Doctrine was a statement from the secretary of state to the Japanese and Chinese governments in an effort to use a non-hostile to to diffuse any possible conflict between the two by saying the US wouldn 't recognize changes to prior made
Although he was criticized for being to idealistic and not realistic, his 14 points addressed problems that the US and other country’s needed resolving. In summary, Wilson’s 14 points stated: That countries shouldn 't have secret diplomacy and all diplomatic agreements should be public, international seas should be safe to travel for neutral parties at all times, free trade between countries in peace, every nation should reduce it’s military size, fair colonial claims over land, Russia will choose it’s new form of government and all German troops will leave their soil, Belgium will become an independent nation and Germany will leave it’s borders, France will regain all territory, Italy will encompass all Italians, Austria-Hungary is able to stay an independent nation, Central Powers will leave Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania and they will become stay independent countries, Turks will have their own country and will protect stateless nations under their rule, Poland will be independent, and a League of Nations will be formed to encourage diplomatic endeavors between nations and make sure a great war doesn 't happen …show more content…
The US hosted conference took place to establish trade and military agreements with regard to the Atlantic and mainly Pacific. The Washington Naval Treaty resulted, it declared the allowed size of all the countries navies. It was effective because it accomplished what it set out to do in reducing the size of standing navies but there is the fact that there is always distrust between nations and regulations aren 't followed precisely. The Kellog-Briand Pact was an agreement in 1928 between fifteen nations in which they agreed to resolve conflicts without resulting to warfare if at all possible. This was effective in theory; however, in practice there was no way of enforcement for this pact and it didn 't hold true very long. The Hoover-Stimson Doctrine was a statement from the secretary of state to the Japanese and Chinese governments in an effort to use a non-hostile to to diffuse any possible conflict between the two by saying the US wouldn 't recognize changes to prior made