and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. I. Strong‚ clearly developed thesis that evaluates the relative importance of different forces in the failure to ratify the Treaty of Versailles (8-9) Thesis addresses the role of different factors (5-7) Limited or undeveloped thesis (2-4) No thesis or a thesis that does not address the question (0-1) II. Presents effective analysis of the role of Wilson as well as both liberal and conservative
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28th President of the United States of America‚ made the bold move in again directly addressing congress‚ spending most of his presidency dealing with foreign policy rather than domestic‚ Mr. Woodrow Wilson. In class we have looked at Roosevelt who felt that the solution to various social issues was in personal responsibility and morality. Madison Grant whose ideals on there being a superior race‚ quite the intriguing read. Carnegie who believed that children should earn their livelihoods‚ not have
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German military leaders had brand new submarine weapons in the Atlantic. This became a problem for the United States because they had planned to send vessels for France‚ Italy or Britain‚ but this would have destroyed the plan by sinking them. Woodrow Wilson was not angry but sad about this‚ because he knew this meant war‚ and he did not like wars‚ in fact he disliked them. The Germans called out the United States in a newspaper by illustrating the facts; they did not have a good army‚ no airplanes‚ no
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despite all of President Woodrow Wilson ’s efforts‚ the League was doomed to fail. I feel this was so for many reasons‚ some of which I hope to convey in the following report. From the day when Congress voted on the Fourteen Points‚ it was obvious that the League had a very slim chance of being passed in Congress‚ and without all of the World powers‚ the League had little chance of surviving. On November 11‚ 1918 an armistice was declared in Europe. Wilson saw the opportunity to form
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On January 8‚ 1918‚ Wilson delivered a speech to representatives of countries involved in WWI . The speech became Wilson’s most famous speech. The speech had fourteen main points thus the speech became known as Wilson’s fourteen points. The speech states what Wilson felt was essential to establish peace. The purpose of the speech was to establish moral rules between the participants of WWI. Of the fourteen points talked about eight concerned specific geopolitical issues. The remaining six were basic
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favored small enterprise‚ desired to break up all trusts. 2. With the Republican split‚ Woodrow Wilson easily won with 435 electoral votes‚ while Roosevelt had 88 and Taft only had 8. But the Democrats did not receive the majority of the popular vote. Socialist Eugene V. Debs racked up over 900‚000 popular votes while the combined popular totals of Roosevelt and exceeded Wilson. 3. Woodrow Wilson was a sympathizer with the South. He was a fine orator‚ a sincere and morally appealing politician
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Similar Families and Similar Struggles "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson" are two extraordinary works created by August Wilson. Throughout these two plays there is a constant struggle while at the same time these stories revolve around a similar theme or symbol. In "Fences"‚ the idea of building the "fence" is very similar to the "piano" in "The Piano Lesson". August Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply because the dramatic action depends strongly on the building of a fence in the Maxson’s
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made between the Allied forces after many long months of negotiations as to what should happen to Germany after the Great War. Woodrow Wilson of America‚ David Lloyd George of Britain‚ Clemenceau of France were the “Big Three” at the Paris Peace Conferences and they all had different views on how Germany should have been treated at the end of WW1. Woodrow Wilson was the president of the USA and knew that the American public wanted to leave Europe to its own devices in order to figure out its own
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Choose to be Better Off In her recent work‚ A Lifetime of Student Debt? Not Likely‚ Robin Wilson claims that “Despite stories of a large number of students who face debt‚ a third of graduates leave college with no debt at all for their education” (257). In other words‚ Wilson states that most people borrow a reasonable amount of money‚ they pay it back‚ and they are better off for having gone to college. Even in this economy‚ college graduates are much better off than high-school graduates. On
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Wilson had always wanted world peace Fourteen Points:The points were divided into three groups. The first five points were issues that Wilson Believed had to be addressed to prevent another war:1) There should be no secret treaties among nations Freedom of the seas should be maintained for all Tariffs and other economic barriers among nations should be lowered or abolished in order to foster free trade Arms should be reduced ³to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety‚ thus lessening the
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