Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points author
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.
A former professor and president of Princeton University, he led the country through World War I and championed the League of Nations, though the Senate rejected American membership.
His presidency saw major domestic reforms including the Federal Reserve Act and women's suffrage, but also the resegregation of federal offices.
Wilsonian describes idealistic foreign policy emphasizing democracy and international cooperation.
Early twentieth-century international body
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- Paris Peace Conference1919 postwar diplomatic gathering
- collective securityShared defense pact system
peacekeeping · reparations · Big Four · Lloyd George · ratification · isolationism · idealism · Nobel Peace Prize
Official presidential residence
- commander-in-chiefHighest military authority holder
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- DemocratBlue party supporter
- executiveSenior organizational leader
administration · election · 1912 · 1916 · veto · cabinet · first lady · second term
Ivy League university
- university presidentHead of a college
- professorSenior university teacher
- political scienceStudy of governance systems
- scholarLearned, studious person
lecturer · Johns Hopkins · dissertation · intellectual · academic · higher education · reform · curriculum
Philosophy advocating societal reform
- Federal ReserveUS central banking system
- Federal Trade CommissionAgency overseeing marketplace fairness
- tariff reductionDecrease in import taxes
- income taxGovernment charge on earnings
banking reform · trust-busting · regulation · labor rights · child labor · eight-hour day · suffrage · segregation
Agreement to cease hostilities
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- neutralityState of taking sides
- LusitaniaWWI maritime casualty
- Zimmermann TelegramCoded WWI diplomatic intercept
doughboys · declaration of war · mobilization · selective service · Pershing · home front · war bonds · propaganda
League of Nations
Early twentieth-century international body
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- Paris Peace Conference1919 postwar diplomatic gathering
collective security · peacekeeping · reparations · Big Four · Lloyd George · ratification · isolationism · idealism · Nobel Peace Prize · covenant
White House
Official presidential residence
- commander-in-chiefHighest military authority holder
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- DemocratBlue party supporter
executive · administration · election · 1912 · 1916 · veto · cabinet · first lady · second term · reelection
Princeton
Ivy League university
- university presidentHead of a college
- professorSenior university teacher
- political scienceStudy of governance systems
scholar · lecturer · Johns Hopkins · dissertation · intellectual · academic · higher education · reform · curriculum · graduate school
progressivism
Philosophy advocating societal reform
- Federal ReserveUS central banking system
- Federal Trade CommissionAgency overseeing marketplace fairness
- tariff reductionDecrease in import taxes
income tax · banking reform · trust-busting · regulation · labor rights · child labor · eight-hour day · suffrage · segregation
armistice
Agreement to cease hostilities
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- neutralityState of taking sides
- LusitaniaWWI maritime casualty
Zimmermann Telegram · doughboys · declaration of war · mobilization · selective service · Pershing · home front · war bonds · propaganda · 1917
- WWI FiguresKaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II, King George V, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Winston Churchill
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- PresidentsAbraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump
- American WWIdoughboys, General Pershing, Argonne, Western Front, over there
- Interwar EraLeague of Nations, Weimar Republic, Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Trianon, Versailles Treaty
Woodrow Wilsonisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
Warren G. Harding · non-interventionism · isolationist · Charles Lindbergh · Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilsonrealpolitik
Politics prioritizing practicality over ethics
Otto von Bismarck · Henry Kissinger · Richard Nixon · Thucydides · power politics
Woodrow WilsonCalvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding · Herbert Hoover · laissez-faire · return to normalcy · Ronald Reagan