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Avoid the European war.
World War 1 (1914-1918) qualifies as such.
Submarine warfare threatened to pull the U.S. into a war against Germany.
why did Wilson believe that a peace without victory would avoid future wars
The Fourteen Points are Wilson's plan for world peace following World War 1 and the League of Nations - An international peace-keeping organization proposed by Wilson and founded in 1920.
Woodrow Wilson. Woodrow Wilson wanted to avoid the violence seen in World War I. He thought that the League Of Nations would avoid another war like that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Origin_of_the_League_of_Nations.png
13unluck: Woodrow Wilson tried to avoid entering the war but Britain and Theodore Roosevelt had pressured him to do so. After intercepting a message from Germany which invited Mexico to join Germany and wage war on the United States, Wilson pushed America to enter the war. _______________________________________________________________ German Uboat attacks killed U.S. citizens.
Because they at first wished to avoid fatalities but when the war escalated they became involved.
after the war many Americans wished to avoid political or economic alliances with foreign countries
jefferson was president but not sure about the rest...
Most of the people in the US were sick of war and tired of policing Europe. Wilson pushed for a League of Nations that was supposed to settle disputes between its members and prevent war but the US people wanted to get out of European affairs and avoid being sucked into another World War.
to avoid adopting liberal spanish policies