Throughout this essay we will examine President Woodrow Wilson's 14 [comma] points, paying particular attention to the three points that were most important to him. I will also identify the history behind why these 14 points were established and drafted, to include the President's core mindset and beliefs (particularly his formal years). Next we will take a look at the politics of the Treaty of Versailles, explicitly examining why it failed in the U.S. Senate and the individuals who were responsible for its demise. The final part of this essay will deal with US foreign policy during the 1920s under Presidents Harding and Coolidge; furthermore, the management and position of their administrations on the three main points of the fourteen. BODY: Before we begin to analyze and describe President Wilson's 14 points, we must first understand who he was, his core beliefs and his upbringing, this is important because it shapes Wilson's beliefs not only in politics and foreign affairs, but even in its principles. The son of a Presbyterian minister born in 1856, his childhood included memories of the education given by his father and by Union soldiers of the Civil War. Wilson attended college at the College of New Jersey (later renamed and now known as Princeton) and graduated from John Hopkins. Both degrees were in history with the bachelor's degree including political science. Wilson's wife Ellen (before her death) encouraged Woodrow to work for the poor and for social reform. As president of Princeton and governor of New Jersey, Wilson sought to reform policies and procedures such as eliminating elite campus rituals such as social dining clubs which he wanted to replace with communal ones... middle of paper... . .. congress “the League is as dead as slavery”. So obsessed with their hatred of the League, they refused to open any correspondence from Geneva and threatened the League with sanctions if they attempted to impose or include America in any of its policies. Specifically they eluded to the fact that “the United States would disrupt any attempt by the League to implement a collective security program through the use of sanctions,” Leuchtenburg, Perils of Prosperity, pg. 106”CONCLUSION: In summary we have examined President Woodrow Wilson's fourteen points, identifying the three main points from them. We discussed the Senate's response to the 14 Points to include its position on the League of Nations, paying particular attention to those who opposed ratification. Finally, we concluded with a brief description of Harding and Coolidge's foreign policy.