Woodrow Wilson proposed a peace plan at the end of World War I that was called the Fourteen Points. The plan can be divided into several topics. The last point or topic was very important to President Wilson. It was the creation of a League of Nations.

President Wilson believed that one way to avoid war was by creating an organization where nations could take their disputes and try to work through them and solve them by discussing the issues. President Wilson believed that by using diplomatic methods, an organization such as the League of Nations might be able to avoid war. The League of Nations was included as part of the Versailles Treaty and formed after World War I ended.

Unfortunately, the League of Nations was not successful in accomplishing its goals. One reason was because the United States didn’t join the League of Nations. There was a group of U.S. Senators who believed the League might be harmful to American foreign policy. We might have to support actions, including possible military ones, which would have little benefit or interest to the United States. Ultimately, the League of Nations didn’t have enough power to successfully accomplish its goals and, as a result, it failed.

The idea of a League of Nations was a good idea which went on to help inspire the creation of the United Nations. However, due to various reasons, it wasn’t successful in accomplishing its goals.