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    President Woodrow Wilson became inflexible when it came to the decision of keeping the United States a completely impartial country during the time of WWI. President Wilson expressed great concern for our foreign supporters‚ but was not imminent on providing military action. August 19‚ 1914‚ in Woodrow Wilson’s speech to Congress he expresses as so "Such divisions among us would be fatal to our peace of mind and might seriously stand in the way of our duty as the one great nation at peace‚ the one

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    Thomas Woodrow Wilson served as the 28th president of the United States. Wilson was born on December 28th‚ 1856 in Staunton‚ Virginia and died February 3rd‚ 1924 in Washington‚ D.C. Wilson was born to Jessie Janet Wilson and Joseph Ruggles Wilson. Wilson grew up with older sister Annie E. Wilson Howe and younger brother Joseph Ruggles Wilson‚ Jr. Wilson and his family had moved to Augusta‚ Georgia when he was just over a year old. In his early teenage years‚ Wilson and his family moved to Columbia

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    foreign aid America should have some sort of restrictions on foreign aid like having limits on who to aid and when is the right time to aid. America has a bright past involving foreign aid‚ specifically in the 1920s. In early 1918‚ President Woodrow Wilson went before Congress and announced a plan he called the Fourteen Points. In summary‚ they were fourteen goals of the United States in the peace negotiations

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    November 11‚ 1918 would mark Germany’s surrender as the kaiser fled to Holland‚ yet it was only the beginning of the quarrel between President Wilson and the American people over the Treaty of Versailles. Beforehand‚ Wilson had delivered the Fourteen Points Address to Congress January 8th declaring World War 1 as a moral cause and struggle for peace. Wilson mentioned fourteen points. Notably‚ the 14th point foreshadowed the concept of the League of Nations which would later be reintroduced as Wilson’s

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    ratification of the treaty was denied. Senator Harry Cabot Lodge and his committee offered some suggestions and were willing to compromise‚ but President Woodrow Wilson was sticking to his realistic ideal‚ therefore President Wilson is to blame for the defeat of the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles due to the feud between Senate and President Wilson‚ Wilson’s headstrong idea of his Fourteen Points‚ and Wilson’s health

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    formal institutional structure fit to operate a country was made evident with the rise of guerilla armies. The dissatisfaction found in Dominican society had reached its peak. As a result of the presence of Dominican Guerrillas‚ President Woodrow Wilson issued an ultimatum to the Dominican Republic which stated to elect a president or have the United States will impose one “ ( global security). The ultimatum brought upon elections where Juan Isidro Jimenez was elected as president in December 1914

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    Paper One: Presidency of Woodrow Wilson    Woodrow Wilson was a man with intellect and reasons. His main desire was to end all  future wars in the nation. He proposed an international peacekeeping force called the League of  Nations. “Wilson’s Third great legacy to American foreign policy is presented more fully in the  fourteen points than in The Treaty of Versaille.” (xiv.) Where he talks about his plans for  keeping the peace between all nations. Woodrow Wilson was raised by Mr. Joseph Ruggles

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    George BRITAIN Woodrow Wilson USA Georges Clemenceau FRANCE Main terms of treaty: Guilt – Germans had to accept guilt for starting war. Armed forces – army limited to 100‚000 men‚ 6 battleships‚ no subs and no planes Reparations - £6.6 billion was to be paid by Germany to Britain and France. German land - a lot of land taken such as Alsace Lorraine which was given to France League of Nations – International organisation designed to stop wars in future. Some of Wilsons 14 points were: •

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    to get involved in World War One because since the U.S. didn’t declare war they couldn’t defend themselves and stop the German. This built up anger in people which encouraged them to want to go to war. Document is a political cartoon of President Wilson writing a letter made in 1917 ( primary source). In this cartoon the president is seen writing letters to Congress about wanting to join the world war‚ because of the sinking of the Lusitania. Similar to document 1 America was getting frustrated

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    cut off seaborne supply routes to Germany as well‚ but Britain still allowed limited imports to Germany. Additionally‚ the British fleet blockading Germany never opened fire on a neutral merchant ship and instead‚ seized them without violence. As Wilson stated in his address to congress‚ “property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind.” The United States needed to enter the war in order

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