Woodrow Wilson Wouldnt Yield
“Woodrow Wilson Wouldn’t Yield”
ZaKedric Flanagan
United States History II – Section 330
Professor Haussman
October 21, 2014
After reading Thomas A. Bailey’s article on “Woodrow Wilson Wouldn’t Yield”, I feel this quote best represents exactly what Woodrow Wilson stood for. He was a man who wanted peace and would not yield for anyone or any country unless it was best for him and our country. In Tomas A. Bailey’s article, his argument that Wilson’s fourteen points and most notably the League of Nations wasn’t passed not just because of the points themselves. But because of Wilson’s failure to see little changes and revisions to his plans, the League would have fallen through, instead of pitfall in the Senate like it did. “On March 4, 1919 - 39 Senators or Senators-Elect, more than enough to defeat the treaty-published a round robin to the effect that they would not approve the League of Nations in its existing form. Bailey also argues that Wilson’s character, in that his huge desire for morality and idealism, we also much to blame for his stubbornness in keeping the League of Nations unrevised or compromised upon.
Something that Bailey really touches on is Wilson’s desire for his League of Nations was so strong that he inevitably handicapped himself in order to get his message out to the public. When he went touring the United States speaking in public places about the League of Nations, he ended up putting his body in such stress that half of his body became paralyzed. “The high point and the breaking point of the trip came at Pueblo, Colorado, where Wilson, with tears streaming down his cheeks, pleaded for his beloved League of Nations. That night Wilson’s weary body rebelled. He was whisked back to Washington, where he suffered a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body”. Wilson worked incredibly hard and his desires for the League where so strong, his personal interest where at no interest to himself. The last thing and
ZaKedric Flanagan
United States History II – Section 330
Professor Haussman
October 21, 2014
After reading Thomas A. Bailey’s article on “Woodrow Wilson Wouldn’t Yield”, I feel this quote best represents exactly what Woodrow Wilson stood for. He was a man who wanted peace and would not yield for anyone or any country unless it was best for him and our country. In Tomas A. Bailey’s article, his argument that Wilson’s fourteen points and most notably the League of Nations wasn’t passed not just because of the points themselves. But because of Wilson’s failure to see little changes and revisions to his plans, the League would have fallen through, instead of pitfall in the Senate like it did. “On March 4, 1919 - 39 Senators or Senators-Elect, more than enough to defeat the treaty-published a round robin to the effect that they would not approve the League of Nations in its existing form. Bailey also argues that Wilson’s character, in that his huge desire for morality and idealism, we also much to blame for his stubbornness in keeping the League of Nations unrevised or compromised upon.
Something that Bailey really touches on is Wilson’s desire for his League of Nations was so strong that he inevitably handicapped himself in order to get his message out to the public. When he went touring the United States speaking in public places about the League of Nations, he ended up putting his body in such stress that half of his body became paralyzed. “The high point and the breaking point of the trip came at Pueblo, Colorado, where Wilson, with tears streaming down his cheeks, pleaded for his beloved League of Nations. That night Wilson’s weary body rebelled. He was whisked back to Washington, where he suffered a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body”. Wilson worked incredibly hard and his desires for the League where so strong, his personal interest where at no interest to himself. The last thing and