Woodrow Wilson Presidency Essay

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Woodrow Wilson and the Presidency. World War I was the worst of the wars. It was the war to end all wars. How much did Woodrow Wilson endure in his presidency, during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson tried to keep America out of war. He was the peace keeper, but the sinking of the Lusitania was the last straw. He declared war on Germany. Declaring war on Germany was what America wanted. When he declared war on Germany, he did what he was intended to do, not letting America be invaded. Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president, who loved preaching, loved going to school, and loved his life. “Woodrow Wilson was very interested in public speaking” (Harmon). If he wouldn’t have been use to public speaking, he wouldn’t have gotten to where he was. He was president during World War I, and without public speaking he might not have been able to be president. “He was the first president …show more content…

“He was the Leader of Progressive Movement” (Harmon). He led us through social and economic hard times. These hard times were hard for America and Wilson never stopped. “He tried keeping us out of World War I” (H.W.). Wilson was a peacekeeper and tried as much as he could to keep us out of the war. He wanted to make people happy and stay out of the war until the Germans sunk the Lusitania. “He broke up monopolies” (“Woodrow Wilson”). Monopolies took people’s money, like a scam. When Wilson broke them up, more people kept their hard earned money. “He invented the League of Nations” (Witkosi). The League of Nations was a treaty to end the first war. Ending the first war, is what America needed and what they wanted. “He presided two amendments” (Witkosi). The two amendments he presided were very important to America and changed the way people voted and how they were. This was significantly important because the people wanted to vote and lowered income taxes for