8 January 1918 - President Woodrow Wilson today outlined, in a speech to Congress, the ‘programme for the world's peace’ as seen by the United States. It consists of 14 main points ...

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Woodrow Wilson was in law and academia before politics ... In 1918, Wilson issued the Fourteen Points, outlining a path to peace in Europe and introducing the League of Nations.

Major Acts Woodrow Wilson famously elaborated his Fourteen Points in January 1918, sketching out a new world order with a new open diplomacy, free trade, disarmament, and a general association of ...

Woodrow Wilson hoped not to spend too much presidential ... To counteract this impression, Wilson brought forth his Fourteen Points, a program for a world without imperialism or secret treaties ...

On January 8, 1918 Wilson sketched out some of the foundational elements of his peace program, the “Fourteen Points,” in a speech to a joint session of Congress on “War Aims and Peace Terms.” ...

December: Thomas Woodrow Wilson is born in Staunton ... January 8: In his Fourteen Points speech, Wilson puts forth his vision for a new world order, including the establishment of an organization ...