January 18 in American History
The victorious Allied powers gathered in Paris to settle the terms ending World War I, with President Woodrow Wilson arriving with his Fourteen Points and a dream of a League of Nations. America had become a world power — but the Senate would ultimately reject the League, and the country turned back toward isolation.
In 1919: the Paris Peace Conference opens. The victorious Allied powers gathered in Paris to settle the terms ending World War I, with President Woodrow Wilson arriving with his Fourteen Points and a dream of a League of Nations.
The victorious Allied powers gathered in Paris to settle the terms ending World War I, with President Woodrow Wilson arriving with his Fourteen Points and a dream of a League of Nations. America had become a world power — but the Senate would ultimately reject the League, and the country turned back toward isolation.
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