Which plan proposed by Wilson aimed at lasting peace after World War I?

• A. League of Nations
• B. Dawes Act
• C. U.S.S. Maine
• D. Fourteen Points

Answer: (D)

Wilson’s plan for lasting peace after World War I is the Fourteen Points. This set of proposals outlined how to prevent future wars by addressing the causes of conflict: open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, free trade, arms reductions, self-determination for oppressed peoples, and a global mechanism to maintain peace—the League of Nations—through collective security and dispute resolution. The idea was to create a cooperative international order rather than force a punitive peace. The other options don’t fit: the Dawes Act happened in the late 1800s and dealt with Native American land allotment; the U.S.S. Maine refers to events around the Spanish-American War era; and while the League of Nations is the institution born from Wilson’s plan, it is the organization, not the plan itself.