Why would wilson's fourteen points be dropped behind enemy lines? to encourage surrender they were flyers to let the enemy know that an unconditional, immediate surrender was the only option. to encourage future treaty negotiations between the united states and germany they were actually a series of propaganda pamphlets for german citizens who were against the war.

To encourage surrender

Note it said "dropped behind enemy lines", meaning that Germany was still fighting. As you would know later, Wilson's 14 Points were not welcomed by their allies and most people back home, because it was too lenient on Germany for their war aggression (which was not true, because Germany actually did not want the war, instead, it was Austrio-Hungary).

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the first action that caused many creek indians to turn against william mcintosh was when mcintosh a) supported the united states during the creek war of 1813–1814. b) attempted to stop the sale of creek land to the u.s. government. c) seized control of over 1,000 acres of land belonging to the creeks.

no options provided, here,but the answer to this question is often: a historian cites a japanese newspaper article published a year after the end of world war ii in order to draw conclusions about the effect of the war on the japanese economy.

clearly from the answer, the historian alludes to historical sources,and records to aid in analyzing and drawing conclusion on the effect of the war on the economy of japan.