Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson; From Passive Progressive to War-time President Woodrow Wilson was a great president. His early administration was very much a part of stabilizing the disinergrating American economy at the time, as well as channeling foreign concerns, with peaceful realities. He was elected president in both 1912, and 1917, both trips to Whitehorse meant something different to Wilson. The country was also in different moods and circumstances. Looking at Wilson's first and second Innagurational addresses, as well as his well schemed fourteen points peace treaty, one can get a good understanding of the change Wilson went through from one term to the other. Bring 1912. The country is growing as a world economic contender, but at what cost? Children were being put to work as young as 7 years old, because of the size of their fingers, and hands to get where grown men couldn't. America was loosing its innocence to the textile, and machinery factories that developed out of reconstruction. Woodrow Wilson was an up and coming progressive Democrat that believed strongly in workforce reform, as well as economic renewal. His competition in the election of 1912 brought a very famous and also progressive Theodore Roosevelt, ru
The difference is there. Wilson is directly becoming a wartime president, and learning from it. These transformations are important to study, because it gives us an insight to as how he developed the fourteen point's peace agreement with the powers in Europe. Wilson sent the points before congress on Jan. 18, 1918. After releasing the points to the powers, the allies considered the points a source for central power war propaganda, and turned their nose up at the idea. In reality, the points were an appeal for peace for the central powers. Wilson wanted it to become a framework for peace discussions in the future. The allies soon realized the points were right, and Wilson used this to his advantage. The actual Treaty of Versailles was considered a defeat for the first five points, and questioned the reality of peace. The fourteen points, themselves are great tools to understanding wartime peace negotiations. The first point removed open covens between the warring countries. The second point directly pointed at Germany declared the oceans, and seas of the world free in peace and wartimes. The third point called for a removal of barriers of blockade, and refugee placement form in between nations. Reduction of armaments, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland, and other parts of Europe was the forth point. The fifth point asked for an adjustment of colonial intentions with the interests of the inhabitants in mind. Point number six called for the evacuation and restoration of Russia. Point seven wanted to reserve the Belgium country, and point eight influenced that are asking for a laize-faire settlement. Point nine wanted to realign the Italian frontiers. Point ten as
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