What impact did the fourteen points have on those who served during wwi?
(a) it encouraged allied soldiers by giving them goals to defend.
(b) it inspired soldiers of the axis powers to fight on until victory.
(c) the soldiers of the allied powers wanted to end the fighting by surrendering.
(d) wilson's fourteen points served as a warning to those who wanted to continue fighting.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

c) troops march forward in close formation against newer, more accurate weapons