War Viewed By Wilson and Deb War can be viewed differently by so many people. War can mean a whole lot of things too many different people. In this case we will be looking for the different views between Woodrow Wilson and Eugene debs. Will they disagree or will they have the same views about wars? Eugene Deb was born in 1855 and died 1926. He was a labor organizer and socialist leader. Debs grew up in Indiana, in 1875 he was elected secretary of the Terre Haute lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Debs entered politics as a Democratic candidate for city clerk in 1879. By 1893 he had resigned his position as secretary of the brotherhood and begun organizing an industrial union of railroad workers, the American Railway Union. The
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He was elected the 28th president of the United States of America in 1913 and served his two terms which ended in 1921. Woodrow Wilson’s second term in office was dominated by World War I. Although the president had advocated for peace during the initial years of the war, in early 1917 German submarines launched unrestricted submarine attacks against U.S. merchant ships. This was the same time, the United States learned about the Zimmerman Telegram, in which Germany tried to persuade Mexico to enter into an alliance against America. In April 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany, saying “The world must be made safe for democracy.” Wilson helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles. The agreement included the charter for the League of Nations, an organization intended to arbitrate international disputes and prevent future wars. Wilson had initially advanced the idea for the League in a January 1918 speech to the U.S. Congress in which he outlined his Fourteen Points for a postwar peace settlement. The Senate voted on the Treaty of Versailles first in November 1919 and again in March 1920. Both times it failed to gain the two-thirds vote. The treaty’s defeat was partly blamed on Wilson’s refusal to compromise with the Republicans. The war was between these allies France, England, Russia, Italy, and the Americans against Germany, Austria hungry, and
He was elected the 28th president of the United States of America in 1913 and served his two terms which ended in 1921. Woodrow Wilson’s second term in office was dominated by World War I. Although the president had advocated for peace during the initial years of the war, in early 1917 German submarines launched unrestricted submarine attacks against U.S. merchant ships. This was the same time, the United States learned about the Zimmerman Telegram, in which Germany tried to persuade Mexico to enter into an alliance against America. In April 1917, Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany, saying “The world must be made safe for democracy.” Wilson helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles. The agreement included the charter for the League of Nations, an organization intended to arbitrate international disputes and prevent future wars. Wilson had initially advanced the idea for the League in a January 1918 speech to the U.S. Congress in which he outlined his Fourteen Points for a postwar peace settlement. The Senate voted on the Treaty of Versailles first in November 1919 and again in March 1920. Both times it failed to gain the two-thirds vote. The treaty’s defeat was partly blamed on Wilson’s refusal to compromise with the Republicans. The war was between these allies France, England, Russia, Italy, and the Americans against Germany, Austria hungry, and