The Fourteen Points, Versailles, and the League Fight
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 7 Wilson framed a program before victory In January 1918 Wilson presented the Fourteen Points: open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, fewer economic barriers, arms reduction, impartial adjustment of colonial claims, evacuation or restoration of occupied countries, national adjustments in Europe, and a general association of nations. […]
The AEF, the Armistice, and the Human Cost of War
CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 7 The United States had to build an army overseas When Congress declared war, the regular army was too small to decide the conflict quickly. The draft, training camps, convoyed troopships, port construction, and an immense supply system created the American Expeditionary Forces. American troops began arriving […]
