Woodrow Wilson Foreign Affairs

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Marilyn,
President Wilson didn’t want to deal with foreign affairs. In the course book on page 713, it mentions that President Wilson spoke passionately when it came to domestic reform but hardly mention foreign affairs. I did some research and found an article titled, “Woodrow Wilson”, written by History.com Staff. In this article, it mentions that President Wilson tried to keep the United States out of the conflict, but ultimately called on Congress to declare war on Germany in 1917. After the World War 1, there were several factors that led to the conservation reaction in American politics. These factors are the Red Scare, race riots, labor strikes, and immigration backlash. These factors shaped the postwar political spectrum due to the

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