World War I: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

On January 8, 1918, Wilson delivered a speech to representatives of countries involved in WWI . The speech became Wilson's most famous speech. The speech had fourteen main points thus the speech became known as Wilson’s fourteen points. The speech states what Wilson felt was essential to establish peace. The purpose of the speech was to establish moral rules between the participants of WWI. Of the fourteen points talked about eight concerned specific geopolitical issues. The remaining six were basic ideas necessary for peace. The most important of these points were freedom of the seas, an end to secret treaties and alliances, free and equal trade, and reducing arms production. The role Wilson saw for the United States was that the US would