Trenton Figy
Mrs. Bruner
Progress Report
7 October 2015
I am doing my Progress Report on Woodrow Wilson.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia. His parents were Janet Woodrow and Joseph Ruggles Wilson. Woodrow was the third of four children and lived all over the south with his family from Staunton, Virginia to Augusta, Georgia. He grew up in an average family so he did not have much money. Wilson’s dream job was to be a professorship at Princeton. Woodrow Wilson died at the age of 67 on February 3, 1924. He married Ellen Louise Axson and had three daughters with her.
Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th president of The United States on March 4, 1913. He served a term from 1913-1921. Wilson publically …show more content…
During the period of neutrality prior to the American entrance into World War I, Wilson could have avoided conflict with Germany by restricting Americans' travel into the war zone, but his stubborn insistence that German submarines must respect the lives and property of neutrals upheld the ideals of international law while ignoring the reality that technology had transformed warfare. Some see that his decision in sending 15,000 American soldiers into Russia in 1918 as evidence of his hostility to communism and his aggressive desire to overthrow the Bolshevik government in order to make the world safe for American capitalism. When seen in the context of the Palmer Raids and his heavy-handed treatment of socialists at home, was a principal cause of the Cold War.
Wilson proposed the "Fourteen Points" as the basis for the peace treaty at Versailles, with the last point being the creation of a League of Nations to ensure world peace. While adopted by Europe, Congress did not approve joining the League of Nations. Wilson suffered a second stroke while touring the nation, in an effort to curry public support for the League, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 for his
Mrs. Bruner
Progress Report
7 October 2015
I am doing my Progress Report on Woodrow Wilson.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia. His parents were Janet Woodrow and Joseph Ruggles Wilson. Woodrow was the third of four children and lived all over the south with his family from Staunton, Virginia to Augusta, Georgia. He grew up in an average family so he did not have much money. Wilson’s dream job was to be a professorship at Princeton. Woodrow Wilson died at the age of 67 on February 3, 1924. He married Ellen Louise Axson and had three daughters with her.
Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th president of The United States on March 4, 1913. He served a term from 1913-1921. Wilson publically …show more content…
During the period of neutrality prior to the American entrance into World War I, Wilson could have avoided conflict with Germany by restricting Americans' travel into the war zone, but his stubborn insistence that German submarines must respect the lives and property of neutrals upheld the ideals of international law while ignoring the reality that technology had transformed warfare. Some see that his decision in sending 15,000 American soldiers into Russia in 1918 as evidence of his hostility to communism and his aggressive desire to overthrow the Bolshevik government in order to make the world safe for American capitalism. When seen in the context of the Palmer Raids and his heavy-handed treatment of socialists at home, was a principal cause of the Cold War.
Wilson proposed the "Fourteen Points" as the basis for the peace treaty at Versailles, with the last point being the creation of a League of Nations to ensure world peace. While adopted by Europe, Congress did not approve joining the League of Nations. Wilson suffered a second stroke while touring the nation, in an effort to curry public support for the League, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 for his