United States in WWI. As a result, he became the key figure in United States decision making. After observing the time period before and during the war, you can agree that most of Wilson's decisions reflected what was in the best interests of our national security while simultaneously maintaining our national ideals and control over the situation. However, despite this success, his actions in peacetime were not supported by the nation.

The years 1914 to 1917 saw Europe embroiled in the conflict known as World War I. This catastrophic conflict was the result of incredible feelings of nationalism, imperialism, military expansionism, and heightened tensions between the nations of Europe due to the -isms mentioned above. The catalyst to the catastrophe was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914.

Following the war, Wilson's decision to go in person to Paris to aid in the peace process infuriated the Republicans back home. This caused division and dissension back home, and as Abraham Lincoln once stated, "A house divided cannot stand". Instead of gaining support, the President was quite rapidly gaining opposition. Furthermore, he entered that presidential term without a legislative majority. After a great welcome from the allies in France, Wilson returned home where he learned of resentment to his League of Nations in the Senate. He then went back to Paris and was forced to compromise with France, Italy, and Japan. Because each nation did not receive what they felt to be the proper amount of reparations from Germany and Austria-Hungary, they felt cheated and immediately scorned the man they once hailed as their spiritual leader. Faced with a less than ideal situation, Wilson was forced to trade away some of his less cherished Fourteen Points in order to keep the one that he prized above all others: the creation of a League of Nations. Back home, he received mixed emotions from the public.

"We shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts - for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Government, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself free."

Except for depriving German-Americans of certain rights, Wilson's decision to get partially involved with the fighting at first and then fully aid the allies was in our nation's self-interest.

Wilson also had the burden of convincing Congress not to ratify the peace treaty with the Lodge Reservations included. Though you can argue that the Lodge-Wilson personal feud, partisanship, traditionalism, disillusionment with the war and a building isolationist sentiment all contributed to the defeat of the treaty, you cannot forget the hole that Wilson dug himself into throughout the whole ordeal. Because he wanted all or nothing, he received nothing, and it is only fair that he share part of the responsibility for the proposal's failure. Furthermore, you can agree that Wilson's proposition to settle the treaty issue in his 1920 campaign was incredibly foolish and perhaps naive since it was impossible to achieve. After learning that most of the United States was not in favor of his post-war actions, Wilson should have di

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