Question

Which of the following statements connects Woodrow Wilson’s intentions of imperialist rule to national self-determination? (1 point)
Responses

The colonized people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the right to national self-determination.

The colonized people of the French Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the French Empire had the right to national self-determination.

The colonized people of the Ottoman Turk Empire had the right to national self-determination.
The colonized people of the Ottoman Turk Empire had the right to national self-determination.

The colonized people of the British Empire had the right to national self-determination.

Answer 1

The colonized people of the British Empire had the right to national self-determination.

Explanation: Wilson applied self‑determination selectively—he endorsed it for peoples of the Austro‑Hungarian and Ottoman empires but refused to press it for the colonies of Britain (and France), effectively preserving Allied imperial rule.