Question

What speech formed the basis for the Treaty of Versailles negotiation?

George Washington’s Farewell Address
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
John F. Kennedy’s Moon Speech

Answer 1

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Step-by-step explanation:

The Fourteen Points speech (1918) consisted of a series of proposals, principles, and measures written by Woodrow Wilson and designed to bring peace and justice to all nations after all the violence and horrors of WWI.

Some of the proposals included to eliminate the general causes of the war (Disarmament, free trade, freedom of the seas, the adoption of open diplomacy in Europe instead of secret agreements, etc.), the evacuation of the Central Power from the countries invaded during the war, the creation of the League of Nations (a peace-keeping organization to guarantee the political and territorial independence of countries) and the establishment of the conditions for the Armistice that brought an end to WWI.

From all Wilson's ideas, the delegates at the Versailles Peace Conference only voted to accept his ideas of drafting a Covenant of League of Nations in the Treaty of Versailles. The Covenant laid the groundwork for the formation of a peace-keeping organization that would resolve international disputes and prevent another world war from happening.