The 14 Points called for a just peace for all parties involved in the Great War, the end of secret treaties between nations, free trade among nations, freedom of the seas, self-determination for people under colonial rule, and an international group like the League of Nations to deal with world security.

In this January 8, 1918, speech on War Aims and Peace Terms, President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. Wilson’s 14 Points were designed to undermine the Central Powers’ will to continue and to inspire the Allies to victory.

Irish immigrants petulantly refused to support Wilson’s Fourteen Points because Wilson was concerned about stopping WWI rather than forcing the British to set Ireland free. And many Jews refused to back Wilson because they thought he was paying too much attention to the war, and not enough to the Balfour Declaration.

He won his first victory with passage of the Underwood-Simmons Tariff (1913), which reduced duties on imports for the first time in 40 years. Accompanying the new tariff, to offset lost revenues, was an income tax, which was permitted under the recently adopted Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

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He taught ancient Greek and Roman history, American history, political science, and other subjects. In 1888, Wilson left Bryn Mawr for Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. At Wesleyan he coached the football team, founded a debate team, and taught graduate courses in political economy and Western history.

Wilson was born in 1856 in Staunton, Virginia (and named Thomas Woodrow Wilson). He grew up in Georgia and South Carolina during the suffering of the Civil War and its aftermath. He was also deeply influenced by the Presbyterianism of his father, a minister and sometime college teacher.

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Woodrow Wilson. Woodrow Wilson brought a brilliant intellect, strong moral convictions, and a passion for reform to his two terms as president.

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In order to curb the growth of imperialism, and spread democracy, Wilson came up with the idea of moral diplomacy. Wilson’s moral diplomacy replaced the dollar diplomacy of William Howard Taft, which highlighted the importance of economic support to improve bilateral ties between two nations.

In the Presidential election, Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey defeated Republican President William Howard Taft and former president and Progressive Party nominee Theodore Roosevelt. Socialist union leader Eugene Debs, running his fourth campaign, took six percent of the vote.

Wilson handily defeated Taft and Roosevelt winning 435 of the 531 available electoral votes. Wilson also won 42% of the popular vote, while his nearest challenger, Roosevelt, won just 27%.

Progressive effected the 1912 presidential election by taking votes from the republican and allowing Woodrow Wilson to win the election for the democrats. The Democrats put forward a reform keeping new jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson in mind.

The election of 1912 featured four candidates because of the differing factions in American politics during the time period. Wilson believed Roosevelt’s plan involved collectivism but his New Freedom program would allow for political and economic liberty.

The Square Deal was Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program, which reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. These three demands are often referred to as the “three Cs” of Roosevelt’s Square Deal.

His policies reflected three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. These three demands often are referred to as the “three Cs” of Roosevelt’s Square Deal.