Woodrow Wilson: Fourteen Points

( 1918 ) Commentary by Stephen K. Stein, University of Memphis

Glossary

aggrandizement increase in the power, status, or wealth of
Alsace-Lorraine French provinces lost to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)
autonomous independent
avow declare openly
covenant formal agreement
Dardanelles the narrow strait in northwestern Turkey that controls the passage between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
pacific peaceful
provocations speeches or actions deliberately made to promote anger
rectifications actions taken to make things right or correct
title a claim to ownership (title to property)
unembarrassed not hampered or impeded
unhampered not hindered or impeded

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (National Archives and Records Administration)

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