Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement United States History Class
Unit 10 — America Comes of Age, 1865-1920
WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS
1. Abolition of secret diplomacy
by open covenants, openly arrived at.
2. Freedom of the seas in
peace and war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or part by international
action for enforcement of international covenants.
3. Removal of international
trade barriers wherever possible and establishment of an equality of trade
conditions among the nations consenting to the peace.
4. Reduction of armaments
consistent with public safety.
5. Adjustment of colonial
disputes consistent with the interests of both the controlling government
and the colonial population.
6. Evacuation of Russian territory,
with the proviso of self-determination.
7. Evacuation and restoration
of Belgium.
8. Evacuation and restoration
of French territory, including Alsace-Lorraine.
9. Readjustment of Italian
frontiers along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.
10. Autonomy for the peoples
of Austria-Hungary.
11. Evacuation and restoration
of territory to Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania, granting of seaports
to Serbia, and readjustment and international guarantee of the national
ambitions of the Balkan nations.
12. Self-determination for
non-Turkish peoples under Turkish control and internationalization of
the Dardanelles.
13. An independent Poland,
with access to the sea.
14. Creation of a general association of nations under specific covenants to give mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity.
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