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
You can almost hear the distress in his voice, as he addresses his people, in a time of breaking point. In reality, the points were an appeal for peace for the central powers. In the forth part of his first address, he glorifies our nation, but his demeanor soon changes to worry upon saying," But the evil has come with good, and much fine gold has been corroded. Point number six called for the evacuation and restoration of Russia. Though his re-election campaign geared on the idea of American isolationism, Wilson knew that war with Europe was eminent. His campaign slogan," Vote Wilson! He kept us out of war!", won over the hearts of the American people. Wilson won because of his realistic, down to earth ideas of workplace reconstruction. Point seven wanted to reserve the Belgium country, and point eight influenced that are asking for a laize-faire settlement. The second point directly pointed at Germany declared the oceans, and seas of the world free in peace and wartimes. The allies soon realized the points were right, and Wilson used this to his advantage. Wilson wanted it to become a framework for peace discussions in the future. Point nine wanted to realign the Italian frontiers. He is flipping the responsibility of protecting freedom of the world onto the American people. Wilson immediately goes into the conflicts overseas.
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