Woodrow Wilson and WWI When people think of the First World War, they think of Woodrow Wilson and his decision to enter the war. However, some scholars argue that it was not Wilson's decision but his cabinet's decision to actually enter WWI. Examined here will be both primary and secondary sources addressing Wilson and the war, which will provide information as to the decision he made and what was really behind it

Woodrow Wilson Wilson's idealism was the progenitor of the modern human rights movement President Wilson delivered a speech to the Pan American Union in December, 1913 the Monroe Doctrine was "unfolding into a new doctrine -- the Wilson Doctrine of Pan Americanism" (Brooks, et al., 2007). Wilson said his proposal was based "…upon the principles of absolute political equality among states, equality of right, not equality of indulgence" (Brooks) But to ward off the expansion

Woodrow Wilson and the Great War Before War broke out in Europe in 1914, The United States practiced a foreign policy of non-involvement and isolationism. The decision by President Wilson to enter into the war was therefore a difficult one. In a speech he made to Congress upon formally entering the war in 1917, the President stated, "I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious,

This assumed the rest of his presidency, as managing the war was one of the largest undertakings of the American Presidency. Wilson found the country ill-prepared for war, and he spent a lot of time and effort mobilizing the forces quickly in order to assist allies. Since it was an allied effort, Wilson worked closely with Great Britain and France to work out attack plans and especially naval movements

Woodrow Wilson and Human Rights The issue of human rights is to this day one of the most important aspects of international law and often seen as the cornerstone of international cooperation and the basis of legal adjustments on a constant basis. However, despite the fact that this issue is on the front pages of most newspapers almost on a daily basis nowadays, the human rights movement traces its roots to

speech in history, Woodrow Wilson gave his now famous Fourteen Points Speech on January 8, 1918. In this speech he outlined fourteen elements he felt were integral for a lasting peace. These elements were meant to establish ethical aims for America's participation in the arduous World War I. In writing the speech, Wilson hoped to encourage the end of hostilities between Central powers. "The Fourteen Points in the speech