Wilson was elected president in 1910, as a result of Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose split from the Republican Party. The idealistic governor from New Jersey believed that the time had come for him to instate moral politics on the American people. Wilson had little experience in the arena of international politics, this is quite ironic of Wilson's presidency because, Wilson himself would be chiefly remembered as a world diplomat, and, his domestic policy would not be long cherished.

To understand Woodrow Wilson's take on politics, one must first review his childhood and background. Born in the age of slavery, Wilson grew up as a racist. His parents both came from families of strong Presbyterian influence. Growing up his father would quiz him on the Bible as well as the orations of men such as Daniel Webster and Charles Lamb. It was also a result of his Scottish-Irish ancestry that Wilson began to inspe

George Brinton McClellan Harvey was the editor of Harper's Weekly Magazine during the latter part of Wilson's tenure at Princeton. Harvey is largely responsible for the governorship of New Jersey. It was Harvey that made a deal with James Smith Jr. Harvey guaranteed that Wilson would accept the nomination if Smith used his pull in the Democratic Party to make Wilson the president of the United States (Walworth 151). Wilson reluctantly accepted the proposal from Harvey and Smith and began the march toward the presidency.

Wilson was a progressive and his domestic policy reflected that fact. A champion of the people and their democracy, Wilson fought against "Big Business" and the political influence they had. Wilson wanted to end the era of special treatment of "Big Business". One example of this was Wilson's sought repeal of tariffs, which he believed created trusts through government. One such tariff was the Payne-Aldrich Tariff. (Diamond 46)

The election of 1912 was one of great significance. The Bull Moose split of Theodore Roosevelt splintered the republican bloc, and Eugene V. Debbs would run under the Socialist ticket. The timing was right for a democrat to usurp the presidency and enter into a new era. Despite the lack of a strong republican candidate, Taft posed little threat; democrats still pressed toward the voters with vigor. After many speeches and tours around the nation, Wilson's campaign treasury had run dry. Senator Champ Clark of Missouri now posed as Wilson's greatest threat for the Democratic choice, and the support of William Jennings Bryan waned. (Walworth 228)

The League of Nations was also a product of Wilson at Versailles. His dream of a union of nations devoted to help each other in times of crisis and protect world order became somewhat of a reality. This league would become a failure in great part because the United States failed to join. The league was set up to protect the democratic countries from invasion, but was not able to form its own army. The reason that the United States failed to join the league was not that it viewed Wilson's self-determination as an ideal unworthy of pursuit, but rather because of American pride. The United States did not believe that it should be responsible to an outside force. American sovereignty was supreme and no one, including Wilson, could say otherwise. (Link 115)

ct the British form of government, a government from which he would later try to incorporate ideas into American democracy. It was here, in his childhood, which the brickwork was laid for America's leader in World War I. (Walworth 14)

After attending Princeton University, Wilson became the president of the University. He instituted many reforms including the defeat of the quadrangle system and a development of a graduate school. His belief was that Princeton was to transform boys performing meaningless tasks into thinking men. This goal was to be achieved by using the British model of the preceptorial program . After hearing about this new method of instructio

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