WOODROW WILSON

Woodrow Wilson's boyhood in the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction profoundly influenced him. Throughout his life he drew a sharp color line and affirmed the Christian faith that his father, a Presbyterian pastor, had preached. After a stellar academic career at Princeton University,...

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Published inA Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era pp. 308 - 320
Main Author Ambrosius, Lloyd E
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, NJ, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 14.02.2017
Subjects
Edward M. House
League of Nations
New Freedom
New World Order
Presbyterian
Princeton
Progressivism
Versailles Treaty
World War I
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Summary:Woodrow Wilson's boyhood in the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction profoundly influenced him. Throughout his life he drew a sharp color line and affirmed the Christian faith that his father, a Presbyterian pastor, had preached. After a stellar academic career at Princeton University, Wilson entered politics as New Jersey governor and then as American president (1913–21). He led the United States during the apogee of the Progressive Era, offering his New Freedom agenda to reform the American political economy. After attempting to keep out of World War I, he decided in 1917 to intervene against Germany and sought to create a new world order with his League of Nations. The Versailles Treaty, which he and the Allies imposed on a defeated Germany in 1919, included the League and seemed to fulfill his promise. But the US Senate rejected it, marking Wilson's failure to transform international relations.
ISBN:1118913965
9781118913963
DOI:10.1002/9781118913994.ch24