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14 Points Questions
 * Which of the Fourteen Points do you feel is the most important? Why? i feel that the point about, all countries should not keep secrets from each other, so there should be no spies is an important point. This is an extremely important point because this way, every country wont have suspicions of other countries wanting to take over, and would be able to discuss about each others differences and come up with a peaceful solution.
 * In what order would you rank the Fourteen Points, from most important to least important?
 * 1) Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at.
 * 2) The removal of all economic barriers, and establishment of equality of trade.
 * 3) The League of Nations should be formed.
 * 4) Guarantees that national armaments will be reduced.
 * 5) All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored.
 * 6) Freedom of the seas.
 * 7) Adjustment of colonial claims, that in determining all such questions of sovereignty, the interests of the people concerned must have equal weight with the claims of the government whose title is to be determined.
 * 8) Russian territory should be evacuated, and Russia welcomed into the society of free nations.
 * 9) Belgium should be evacuated and restored.
 * 10) The frontiers of Italy should be readjusted along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.
 * 11) The peoples of Austria-Hungary should have the freest opportunity to independent development.
 * 12) Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored, Serbia should have free and secure access to the sea, and the relations of the several Balkan states to each other should be determined by friendly counsel, and political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be internationally guaranteed.
 * 13) The Turkish portion of the Ottoman Empire should have a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are under Turkish rule should have an undoubted security of life and an opportunity of independent development, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as passage to the ships and commerce of all nations.
 * 14) An independent Polish state should be erected including the territories inhabited by Polish populations, which should have free access to the sea.
 * What was Woodrow Wilson trying to accomplish with the Fourteen Points? He was trying to create a world peace that would last forever, and be able to stop any future possible riots or wars.
 * This speech was given in January 1918, nearly ten months before the armistice was signed. What influence did the Fourteen Points have on the remainder of the war? What effect did the Fourteen Points have on the Versailles peace talks?
 * How realistic were Wilson’s ideas? Explain. The 14 points which Wilson presented in his speech was smart, and possible. It seems to be a good plan to keep the world at peace for a long time, however many countries do not care about the rest of the world, as they are busy trying to keep their own together.
 * How idealistic were Wilson’s ideas? Explain.
 * Do the Fourteen Points address the causes of WWI? If yes, which ones?
 * Which current day issues can be traced back to the flawed peace of Versailles? Would the full adoption of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points have prevented these problems? The American - Iraq war happening right was may have been prevented if every country followed the idea of sharing all secrets and plans with the rest of the world.