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Wilson submitted his Fourteen Points in January 1918 as the basis for a just peace. Which of these did they call for?

AAn end to secret international understandings
BA single currency for all trading nations
CThe transfer of all colonies to Britain
DAn armed force under Allied command
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Correct answer: A. An end to secret international understandings
1. 1. The first item named is the abandonment of secret international understandings. 2. 2. The list continues with freedom of the seas, the removal of economic barriers and a reduction of armaments. 3. 3. Colonial claims were to be adjusted with due regard to the interests of the inhabitants affected, not handed to one power. 4. 4. Other points sought self-rule and free economic development for European nationalities. 5. 5. The keystone was an association of nations giving mutual guarantees to great and small states alike. 6. 6. No common currency and no joint army appear anywhere in the points listed. _Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section AMERICA ENTERS WORLD WAR I_
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