What was the political impact of Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

Wilson subsequently used the Fourteen Points as the basis for negotiating the Treaty of Versailles that ended the war. Although the Treaty did not fully realize Wilson's unselfish vision, the Fourteen Points still stand as the most powerful expression of the idealist strain in United States diplomacy.

harding's opponent in the 1920 election was ohio governor and newspaperman james m. cox, who had won the democratic nomination in a 44-ballot convention battle. harding rejected the progressive ideology of the wilson administration in favor of the laissez-faire approach of the mckinley administration.

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