Transcript Woodrow Wilson

WOODROW
WILSON
Brenna
Moore
Early Life of Woodrow Wilson
• Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was
the 28th president of the united states from 1913 to 1921. He
was also a leader of the Progressive Movement, and served as
President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as
the Governor of New Jersey from 1911-1913, as well as US
Secretary of Agriculture, from 1903 until death.
Early Life of Woodrow Wilson Extended
• On June 24, 1885, Ellen Louise Axson and Woodrow Wilson got
married. They had 3 daughters – Margaret, Jessie and Eleanor.
On December 18, 1915, Wilson got married with Edith Galt after
the death of Ellen in 1914, his first wife. Wilson is one of three
former presidents of the United States to become a widow while
serving in the White House.
Wilson’s Early Political Life
• Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th president of the United
States on March 4, 1913. The new president's inauguration was marked by
a huge parade for women’s suffrage the day before, upon his arrival in
Washington, D.C. The 19th Amendment, extending voting rights to women,
was passed during Wilson's second term, on August 18, 1920.
What Wilson Founded
• League of Nations, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission, Committee
on Public Information , War Industries Board, U.S. National Park Service,
National War Labor Board, Chatham House, National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, Council of National Defense.
• One of the most noted committees Wilson founded is the League of Nations. The
League of nations was an intergovernmental organization that ended the First
World War. It was the first international organization whose main goal was to
maintain world peace.
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
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1. No more secret agreements ("Open covenants openly arrived at").
2. Free navigation of all seas.
3. An end to all economic barriers between countries.
4. Countries to reduce weapon numbers.
5. All decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial
6. The German Army is to be removed from Russia. Russia should be left to develop
her own political set-up.
7. Belgium should be independent like before the war.
8. France should be fully liberated and allowed to recover Alsace-Lorraine
9. All Italians are to be allowed to live in Italy. Italy's borders are to "along
clearly recognizable lines of nationality."
10. Self-determination should be allowed for all those living in Austria-Hungary.
11. Self-determination and guarantees of independence should be allowed for
the Balkan states.
12. The Turkish people should be governed by the Turkish government. Non-Turks
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the old Turkish Empire should govern themselves.
13. An independent Poland should be created which should have access to the sea.
14. A League of Nations should be set up to guarantee the political and territorial
independence of all states
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen points outlined
his view on World Peace, which was declined
in the end.
Wilson and WW1
• At the outbreak of World War I in Europe on July 26, 1914, Wilson declared
America neutral, believing that "to fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the
spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fiber of our national life"—
producing a second campaign slogan: "He kept us out of war." Wilson tried to
dispense a peace protocol to Great Britain along with the money and munitions they
asked for, but was rebuffed. He finally asked Congress to declare war in April 1917,
when Germany repeatedly ignored U.S. neutrality and sunk American ships.
Wilson and WW1 extended
• "What I am interested in is having the government of the
United States more concerned about human rights than about
property rights," he declared. Convinced that strong executive
leadership was necessary for progress, he went further than
any other president in forcing his wishes on Congress.
Conclusion
• After leaving office in 1921, the Wilsons moved to a home in northwest
Washington, D.C., where Woodrow Wilson died at the age of 67, on February
3, 1924. He was buried in the Washington National Cathedral.
• Wilson was driven by a sense of mission and an ideal his father had instilled
in him, to leave the world a better place than you found it. His legacy of
peace, social and financial reform, and statesmanship with integrity lives on
at the many schools and programs named after him, most notably the
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and his old alma mater,
Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs.
Sources
• Images.rarenewsppr.com/woodrow-wilson
• www.biography.com
• totallyhistory.com/woodrow-wilson