Who proposed the creation of the League of Nations?

Who proposed the creation of the League of Nations?

• A. Woodrow Wilson
• B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
• C. David Lloyd George
• D. Georges Clemenceau

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is who first advocated for an international body to maintain peace after World War I. Woodrow Wilson, the American president, made this proposal central to his plan for the postwar order. In his Fourteen Points he called for a League of Nations—a forum where nations would cooperate, address disputes peacefully, and rely on collective security to prevent aggression. Wilson pushed this vision during the peace negotiations, shaping how the Treaty of Versailles and the broader settlement treated the League. While British leader David Lloyd George and French premier Georges Clemenceau were crucial in negotiating the terms and supported the concept, they did not originate the proposal itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt later promoted an international body for the post‑war era, but that was the later United Nations, not the League of Nations.

The idea being tested is who first advocated for an international body to maintain peace after World War I. Woodrow Wilson, the American president, made this proposal central to his plan for the postwar order. In his Fourteen Points he called for a League of Nations—a forum where nations would cooperate, address disputes peacefully, and rely on collective security to prevent aggression. Wilson pushed this vision during the peace negotiations, shaping how the Treaty of Versailles and the broader settlement treated the League. While British leader David Lloyd George and French premier Georges Clemenceau were crucial in negotiating the terms and supported the concept, they did not originate the proposal itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt later promoted an international body for the post‑war era, but that was the later United Nations, not the League of Nations.