WOODROW WILSON
Politics
Born: December 28, 1856
Staunton, Virginia
Died: February 3, 1924
"Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world."
Woodrow Wilson, Democrat and 28th President, won the 1912 election because the Republican party vote was split between Taft and Roosevelt. Wilson, a professor of law and political economy, fought for American rights on the high seas, and he protected American interests in revolutionary Mexico. Though he was reelected in 1916 on the slogan "He kept us out of war", Wilson's attempts to mediate in World War I failed. On April 6, 1917, after 4 American ships were sunk, he declared war on Germany. Wilson proposed a peace plan in January 1918, which was not accepted by the Germans until November 1918. He traveled to Paris to negotiate the peace treaty, which encompassed the idea of a League of Nations. Though the treaty was rejected by the Senate, Woodrow Wilson was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize. That same year, Wilson suffered a stroke and became an invalid. He managed to cling to power until the end of his term in 1920.
1. Woodrow Wilson was the __th President of the United States.
2. His slogan for his campaign for re-election was "__ ____ __ ___ __ ___ ___", but after he was elected his negotiations failed and America was forced to enter World War I.
3. He recieved the Nobel _____ Prize for his negotiations at the end of WWI.
4. He suffered a stroke and became a/an _________ but he still finished his term.
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