Woodrow_Wilson

=Woodrow Wilson = Laura T. and Kaylie G.



"Unless you get the united, concerted purpose and power of the great governments of the world behind the settlement, it will fall down like a house of cards" (Woodrow Wilson, 1919) media type="custom" key="3114654" ** Accomplishments ** Thomas Woodrow Wilson is most famous for his presidency from 1912 to 1921, serving two terms as the twenty eighth President of the United States. However, before his presidency, he served as the President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910. On November 8, 1910, Wilson was elected the governor of New Jersey. Two years later, on November 5, 1912, Woodrow Wilson was elected as the President of the United States. "The big winner in 1912 was progressivism, for between them, Roosevelt and Wilson won more than two-thirds of the votes cast" (Leavell 47). This quote is explaining Wilson's win in the 1912 presidential election.
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During his nine years of governing the United States, he passed several acts and legislation such as, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Farm Loan Act, and the Federal Reserve Act. Woodrow Wilson was reelected in 1916, which was currently during World War I. He tried to maintain United States neutrality, and called for "peace without victory" as the solution to the World War I conflict on January 22, 1917. "Keeping America out of the war proved to be an extremely difficult - and eventually impossible - job" (Leavell 67). This quote is explaining how difficult it was for America to stay out of the war, and how it foreshadows America's decision to declare war on Germany. Three months later, on April 2, 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany due to unrestricted submarine warfare from the German Empire. On January 8, 1918, Wilson made the //Fourteen Points// speech, which outlined his peace plan for World War I. "Wilson believed that this war - perhaps more lacking in glory and more filled with horror than any previous conflict - at least served one good purpose. It would provide, he thought, a unique opportunity to prevent future wars" (Leavell 83). This quote is explaining Wilson's view on World War I. In June of 1919, Woodrow Wilson traveled to France to discuss the Treaty of Versailles, where they incorporated many of the provisions outlined in Wilson's //Fourteen Points//, including the creation of the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles was then signed by the Allies and Germany, the United States never signing. In 1920, Woodrow Wilson received the Nobel Peace Prize for 1919.
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** Social, Political, and Economic Background ** media type="file" key="Woodrow Wilson - Medium.m4v" **Quiz** [|Woodrow Wilson Quiz]
 * Social || * Woodrow Wilson was called racist at times, because of his southern upbringing during a time of segregation, and he supported it.
 * In the book //The Economic Consequences of the Peace//, Wilson is described as a "self righteous, naive idealist" and people agreed.
 * James Smith wanted Wilson to run for President due to his reputation for integrity, honesty, independence, and stubbornness.
 * He was said to have been quite the romantic; always writing letters and poems and sending flowers to his second wife.
 * During his presidency, he moved form a total anti-war view to expecting everyone to support a war. (//World Leaders Past and Present Wilson//) ||
 * Economic || * At a Peace Conference in Paris, he helped the allies who conquered Germany reduce heir financial burden they wanted Germany to pay.
 * One of his first goals as president was to address the high protective tariff, which hurt the economy in the long run.
 * He created the Federal Reserve Act, which created the currency we use today and an effective banking system for it.
 * His attempts to keep the U.S. out of war led to a blockade around Germany and interfered with the U.S. shipping vessels for a while.
 * Wilson spent 35.5 billion dollars trying to defeat the Germans. (//World Leaders Past and Present Wilson//) ||
 * Political |||| * He tried to apply his own moral standards (religion) to international politics, including "purity and spiritual power".
 * His prediction was that if the U.S. was not included in a group to prevent war, then a war would begin. This was proved with WWII.
 * He was a Democrat who believed the president should be the people's leader, not just chief executive.
 * The "Fourteen Points", he has written, he wanted to be incorporated somehow and used in every peace conference he attended.
 * In 1918, Wilson tried to call for an all-Democrat Congress which made the Republican party very angry and touchy with him (//World Leaders Past and Present Wilson//) ||
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 * SOURCES:**

Braeman, John. __Great Lives Observed Wilson__. Great Lives Observed. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1972. "Facts about Woodrow Wilson." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. 2009. Grolier Online. 5 Feb. 2009 . Leavell, J. Perry. __World Leaders Past & Present Wilson__. N.p.: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. Smith, Gene, and Allan Nevins. __When the Cheering Stopped the Last Years of__ __Woodrow Wilson__. Toronto: George J. McLeod Limited, 1964

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