Woodrow Wilson

Birth

Birth Date December 28, 1856 Born in Staunton, Virginia

Birthplace

Born in Staunton, Virginia

Death

Death Date February 3, 1924

Terms of Presidency

From March 4, 1913 until March 1921 He was a democrat.

Education

He enrolled in Davidson College in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he excelled in logic, Latin, English, and composition while doing well in math and Greek. He later enrolled at the College of New Jersey, which later changed its name to Princeton University. In the same year, he entered the law school of the University of Virginia and dropped out. He quit the practice of law and enrolled in Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore as a graduate student in history and political science. He earned his Ph.D. in 1886. Wilson worked in Princeton as a professor at Princeton from 1890 until 1902, when he became the university's president.

First Family

He had a brother and two sisters Joseph Ruggles Wilson was his father and Jessie Janet Woodrow was him mom. He had a brother and two sisters. Lived on a farm Presbyterian His first wife, Ellen Louise Wilson, died from Bright's disease on August 6, 1914.

Issues

Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," created a League of Nations to ensure world peace. Wilson spoke out all over the world to ensure there would be peace, and throughout all corners of the US. Mexico posed a special problem for the Wilson diplomacy. Mexico, having been under a revolution from 1899, in 1913, Huerta, an anti people leading leader came into play. As other Mexican generals soon went against Huerta, but through this conflict, came bad results for the US. Villa, a general crossed the border and killed several Americans. As a result, Wilson sent an army of 7000 to the border for a quick confrontation before World War 1 was soon to start, and the army retreated. Wilson created the Federal Reserve and supported the 19th Amendment, allowing women to vote. In 1914, Congress passed two antitrust laws: the Federal Trade Commission Act, which created the FTC, and the Clayton Act. These are still, with some tweaks, two of the three core laws about businesses and anti trust laws.

Legacy

Wilson left an enduring legacy. His transformation of the basic objective of American foreign policy, passing the 19th amendment to grant women's rights', his success in making the Democratic Party a "party of reform," and his ability to shape public opinion molded together the modern presidency. After leaving office in 1921, the Wilsons moved to a home in northwest Washington, D.C., where Woodrow Wilson died at the age of 67, on February 3, 1924.

Citations

http://www.biography.com/people/woodrow-wilson-9534272 Access Date November 3, 2015 https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/woodrowwilson Access Date November 8, 2015 Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. "Woodrow Wilson: Life Before the Presidency." Accessed November 8, 2015. http://millercenter.org/president/biography/wilson-life-before-the-presidency. Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. "Woodrow Wilson: Impact and Legacy." Accessed November 16, 2015. http://millercenter.org/president/biography/wilson-impact-and-legacy.