Fourteen Points: Trivia

    Fourteen Points: Trivia

      Members of the Inquiry came up with ideas for new territorial borders over tea. Hey, at least it was non-alcoholic… (Source)

      Edward House claimed credit for convincing Wilson to push the United States into war. House wrote in his diary, "I began with him before he became President and I have never relaxed my efforts…I have stirred his ambition to become the great liberal leader of the world." That's probably the greatest brag about another person ever. (Source)

      Woodrow Wilson's career as a professor influenced his view of world affairs. To this day, he's the only president to hold a Ph.D. To be fair, Americans didn't like nerds until the 2010s. (Source)

      Although Woodrow Wilson led the United States into World War I, he campaigned for reelection with the slogan "He kept us out of the war." If it had been the '90s, this would have been a great opportunity to say, "psych." (Source)

      Georges Clemenceau, the leader of France, mocked Wilson's Fourteen points by joking, "The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, and we broke them. Wilson gave us Fourteen Points. We shall see." Sounds like he tried really hard. (Source)

      Woodrow Wilson received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 for his efforts at the end of World War I, especially the Fourteen Points. His rival in the 1912 election, Teddy Roosevelt, was the first American president to get the prize. They would have probably compared the size of their medals if TR hadn't died in 1919. (Source)