August Wilson

At the turn of the 20th century, a lot was happening for America. Populations were growing and business was booming. Between the years of 1860 and 1900 America saw a 171% rise in the Gross National Product. Big businesses were growing and people were moving from rural areas and from other countries in search of new opportunities. Men, women, and children entered the workforce. (Keene 470) Due to the rise in big business many problems occurred. Although, the Government could have stepped in and…

affected the University of Washington and Governor Hartley’s business. It was a big problem because Governor Hartley had more power than Suzzallo to do most things because was the Governor of Washington. Henry Suzzallo was born in San Jose, California on August 22, 1875. He went to various top schools and became a great candidate for becoming a president. Henry J. Suzzallo became University of Washington (UW) president in 1915. “A California native, he had earned prominence as Professor of…

Pershing became a part of this war by being assigned as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, which President Woodrow Wilson assigned him (Gerald 2). While as commander of an important force, Pershing went against many challenges (“John J.”5). A challenge he faced was the United States standing army grew from a little less than 130,000 men to 2,000,000 in just eight months…

As the war was in its final moments of finishing Wood Wilson had pointed out 14 points that could potentially lead everyone to peace and finally end world war one. In Woodrow’s Wilsons’ he included that there shouldn’t be any secret treaties between nations due to the fact that having a secret alliance could potentially trigger a war. He also included self-determination multiple times in his 14 points. Ultimately Woodrow Wilson wanted the people to be able to have freedom of where they would…

Some progressive groups suggested that there was much need for moral reform in America. It was argued that in many urban areas, corruption invaded political establishments. Progressives pushed for social purity and sought to rid these urban communities from corruptions such as alcoholism. According to Barnes & Bowles (2014), “In addition to middle-class women and Protestant clergy, the movement attracted nativists and racists, who argued that immigrants and African Americans were more likely to…

During this time Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States. During his first term he was able to keep American troops out of the war. Tension grew between the United States and Germany, after several U.S. ships were damaged or sunk by German mines. In 1915, Germany declared unrestricted warfare on all ships, no matter if they are neutral or not. Germany attacked many ship that had unarmed…

The United States joined World War One on April 6, 1917, three years after WW1 originally began. Before that day, America would try to stay out of the war. President Woodrow Wilson tried to keep the United States neutral, but Germany continuously violated their conditions/neutral status. Based on the facts, The United States did have good enough reasons to join the war with the allied powers, against the central powers. Unrestricted submarine warfare was one of the most important reasons on why…

Woodrow Wilson, and U.S. foreign relations in conceptualizing and analyzing the political leaders’ and policy makers’ strategy for peace and national security during and after the First World War. Currently a professor at the Illinois State University Department of History, Kennedy has been awarded the Outstanding College Research Award in 2014 as well as the ISU-CAS Outstanding Service Award. Beside his monograph, The Will to Believe, he has published several journal articles about Woodrow…

Germany is not responsible for the outbreak of World War One. Germany was only supporting our ally just like Russia was with Serbia. At this point when the war broke out, many countries knew the war was inevitable. The treaty of Versaille forced us to take blame as we were the last standing central power because Austria-Hungary had fallen. As for the letters where it says, the kaiser supports the war effort that was between two austrian diplomats so there is no solid evidence that the kaiser…

America was justified in going to war with Mexico because President Polk approved,the majority of Congress approved,and the country wanted to expand itself without any limits.Once America found out that 16 of their soldiers were killed by another country,the president was furious.President Polk was a big believer in defending Texas and he wrote a statement about going to war with Mexico.On Document B President Polk states, “Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our…