The Success Of World War I

Wilson failed to gain support from the people about aiding foreign European countries if they were in need, but refused to listen and signed the treaty on June 28,1919 nonetheless. Nationalists created “reservations” that protected the right of the U.S. to make decisions based on its own national interest. By September of 1919, the Treaty faced much opposition because a majority of the U.S. did not want to join the League. Wilson also refused to make any changes to Article X, as he felt it was the main way to prevent future wars. In the end, the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty, which crushed Wilson. Wilsonianism was the ideas of self-determination, disarmament, and the cooperation of nations in-order to create a lasting peace, which many viewed as idealistic. After 1920, many Americans returned to isolationism until the beginning of WWII. President Roosevelt identified “Four Freedoms” worth fighting for: freedom of speech, worship, want and fear. Wilsonianism is seen in many policies today such as the world’s craving for democracy, and Bush’s foreign policies of making America safer by extending

World War I was a military fight that began between Europe and Russia and eventually became a worldwide war containing more than thirty nations. Part of these nations were known as the Allies, these included Great Britain, Russia, France,and the United States. They fought against the union recognized as the Central Powers, involving Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. The Unites States of America had remained neutral until it entered World War I in 1917 during the final year and half of fighting. World War I had a large impact on the United States which continued after the war had ended. The war resulted in good benefits but also difficulties and disadvantages. Although World War I was not fought on U.S. land, the war had short and long term effects on the economic, social, and political fronts.

In 1912, Woodrow Wilson became the next President of the United States. He won the election by promising the people ‘new freedom’ which consisted of lesser tariffs, banking restructuring, antitrust legislation and he planned to modify Theodore Roosevelt’s gunboat diplomacy. Once Mr. Wilson became president, he sent the military to some Caribbean countries and Mexico, and he claimed he did this because he only wanted peace and social equality in the world. When World War I broke out in Europe, President Wilson decided to stay neutral although he had compassion for Great Britain. Moreover, he mainly won re-election in 1916 by making a promise to the American people to keep them out of the war. However, in 1917 President Wilson requested a declaration of war while meeting with Congress. He said it was a combination of pro-British propaganda in the United States and German submarine attacks on American ships. The war had become a war considered against all nations because not only American ships were sunk and lives were lost, and we were a peaceful county. Our nation decided to go to war, and the other countries would have to decide what they wanted to do to

Although Wilson, Taft and Roosevelt had different parties they all had similar ideas. When Taft won the Republican nominee, Roosevelt created his own party called the Progressive party. Wilson’s main issue he had to deal with was the banks. Another issue was income tax. In June of 1914 WWI was started with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Three months later on August 3rd German forces entered Belgium and the war began. Wilson tried to stay neutral in the war until Germany urged Mexico to declare war on the US. Before long France called aid from the Americans and Germany knew it was useless to keep fights but they still sent in big waves on men not caring how many they lost. On November 11, 1918 at 11 A.M. fighting stopped. As WWI ended the problem of communism began. After the Great War ended there was lot of talks about limiting weapons to keep peace.

Event: Sinking of the Lusitania In February of 1915, Germany began sinking Allied ships using its U-boats, or submarines. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sunk by one of Germany’s U-boats on May 7th, 1915. Nearly 1,200 people were killed from the sinking of this

In response to the British’s actions, Germany organized a submarine war zone around the British Isles, threatening to sink all enemy ships that entered the area. In response, Wilson warned that Germany would be held to “strict accountability” if any ships or citizens were injured. In February 1915, Germany produced a large fleet of U-boats, or submarines. These vessels would be used to blockade Britain and attack all ships, even neutral ships, if they entered the war zone. Wilson tried to settle the submarine warfare peacefully, but none of the sides would listen. Germany began attacking British and American ships in the North Atlantic waters. Germany sunk the British steamer Falaba in March 1915 and sunk the American tanker Gulfight in May.

The Home Front is often overlooked when discussing the impact of World War One (WWI), as the impact is often less glorified when compared to the bloodshed of the battlefields. This exhibition looks at life in Australia during WWI and explores the experiences of those away from the actual fighting who are at home. By extensively using primary sources and brief profiles of both notable and everyday Australians during WWI, the exhibit gives a holistic view on life in Australia during the Great War. The exhibit focuses on the themes of the initial excitement of those in Australia when the war began, technology advancements, how the public received news of the war and their reaction to it, as well as the sense of growing disillusionment that developed as the war progressed. It comprehensively looks at these experiences and emotions and describes them with clarity.

On July 26, 1914, World War 1 also started to outbreak. Woodrow Wilson declared us neutral. He quoted, “to fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fiber of our national life". But after Germany repeatedly ignored America’s neutrality, and sunk American ships, He had no choice but to declare war. Soon, around a year and a half later the war was won. Woodrow Wilson prompted the “Fourteen Points” for the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations as one of the main points were used to ensure world peace. But eventually congress chose not to join.

World War I began in August of 1914 and continued for over a span of four years. For nearly three of those years the United States managed to stay out of the conflict because many Americans believed in the U.S. policy of isolationism and keeping out of foreign or European affairs. However, Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Note ultimately saw the United States enter in their first world war. Entering into war was not favorable to many Americans who saw neutrality as their best bet during war time. Woodrow Wilson, president at the time, saw a need to get American behind the war effort and to see and end of anti-war efforts. These efforts would ultimately see a drastic change in the previously held American

In 1917, the United States entered World War I on the side of the Allies. Previously angered by such events as the sinking of “Lusitania”, American President Woodrow Wilson led the nation to war after learning of the Zimmermann Telegram and Germany's resumption of UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE! As the war came to a close with an Allies victory, President Woodrow Wilson devised a core list of points which stressed self-determination of people, free trade, and open diplomacy. Wilson believed that it could serve as the basis for a peace agreement between the fighting European nations and the United States. Going before a session of Congress on January 8, 1918, Wilson outlined American intentions and presented his ideas as the

Prior to entering the office in 1913, Woodrow Wilson had no experience in the realm of international relations. He was formerly a college professor and a left extremist, but he surprised many with his military actions. Before entering WWI, Wilson had a lot of ideas about convictions and ideas about global issues, despite not possessing a lot of knowledge about international relations. The first policy passed was made by Wilson, and the Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan. It was a diplomatic policy based off of idealism, referred to as the “cooling off” treaties. Between 1913 and 1914, the nations that participated pledged not to go to war over the period of twelve months over disagreements. There was little meaning that came out of it that is shown in the after math of World War I. In the very beginning Woodrow Wilson did stick to his words and his idealism ideology, but it did not last for too long.

He supported women’s suffrage and social programs, and he had excellent ideas for America’s future. In this way, Wilson was a success. However, his skill with his own nation is an underscore to his failure with the nations of the world. Initially, for example, Wilson objected to American entrance into WWI; he pushed the proposal away until it was unsafe to continue to do ignore it. Only when the American people felt legitimately threatened did he ask Congress to enter the war. To his credit, however, once Wilson committed to interventionism, he did not shy back. Wilson’s Fourteen Points, which aimed to create global unity with the new League of Nations, were his children. He refused to compromise on any of the disputed sections, despite threats from the legislature to fail the bill. Perhaps Wilson’s initial lethargy was due to some vision of his future, as the grand ideas that were so successful stateside failed to translate into the global arena. His idealism and intellectualism, seemingly advantageous traits, contributed to his ultimate legacy as an unsuccessful president.

During the beginning and middle of World War II, there was a lot of political debate regarding the war. Leading political figures such as American President Harry S. Truman and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill were some of the most politically and socially persuasive figures during this time of the World War. Both Winston Churchill and Harry S. Truman use persuasive means to encourage the people of the United States to accept their decisions made to help in the war effort, as Churchill desperately desired Allied help on the war front, and he and Truman would have to convince the American public to stand behind such a commitment. To secure the Allied forces overtook by the Axis powers, Churchill and Truman teamed up to present

On January 8th, 1918, only a year after the US entered World War I, President Woodrow Wilson publicized his Fourteen Points to try to guarantee permanent peace and to make the world a safer place for democracy. The countries of the world would neutralize themselves, abandon their colonial claims, remove tariff barriers, and take part in open and true diplomacy. Lastly, a league of peaceable nations would guarantee that the fair requirements of this Treaty would be enforced by pledging themselves to defend one another from outside attacks by any aggressive country.

WWI in the eyes of the American people had been an extreme failure for they believed it was a waste of American life with very little progress towards a more democratic world. This led to disillusionment which stemmed from many things including that casualties of many soldiers which according to PBS numbered 323,018. Furthermore, Woodrow Wilson on April 2, 1917, called for a Declaration of War against Germany saying "The world must be made safe for democracy."(Wilson 's Speech to Congress April 2) and sold the war to the American people by claiming that it was in the name of the safety of democracy. However, this goal was not achieved and this failure was clearly seen by Americans as after the war, Wilson 's League of Nations which was supposed to be created to protect democracy in the future, was not approved by the U.S. Congress.( "The League of Nations, 1920." Milestones: