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How did the foreign policy strategies of President Woodrow Wilson impact U.S. involvement in World War I and shape the post-war peace negotiations?

Answer 1

Angela Mckinney

President Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy strategies, particularly his advocacy for neutrality and later his push for a moralistic approach to international relations, initially kept the U.S. out of World War I. However, unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany and the Zimmermann Telegram shifted his stance, leading to U.S. involvement in 1917. Wilson’s vision for a lasting peace culminated in his Fourteen Points, which significantly influenced the Treaty of Versailles and the establishment of the League of Nations, although the U.S. ultimately did not join the League.