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*Hint: President Wilsons father was a Presbyterian minister with strict values and morals. Back to the questionOops! Not quite!This navigational icon will take you to the next page.How to Navigate this TutorialClick on a navigational icon to see what it does!Click here to begin the tutorial!Remember to revisit this tutorial whenever you want to refresh your understanding of Woodrow Wilson: WWIs Reluctant Warrior.Congratulations on completing the quiz!End TutorialThis navigational icon will take you to the quiz.How to Navigate this TutorialClick on a navigational icon to see what it does!Click here to begin the tutorial!Back to the questionTry again!The purpose of completing this tutorial is to learn about Woodrow Wilson and his reluctant participation in WWI. Why take this tutorial?How President Wilson influenced the post-war world with his 14 Points speech and the League of NationsYou will learn:What influenced his position of neutralityWhat events influenced America to go to warA free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined.5. Adjustment of Colonial Claimshttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

22Why did America get involved in a terrible war if it never touched American shores?Woodrow Wilson was a president for the people. He was a progressive, which meant that he spent his first tem as president passing laws that reduced tariffs, reformed banking, and weakened strong corporations. He restored economic competition, placed controls on big business, and supported labor unions. Wilsons New Freedom reforms helped the American worker and strengthened the US economy.

Before beginning, consider who Woodrow Wilson was and what kind of policies got him elected as president.http://americanpicturelinks.com/28ww.htmhttp://amerihttp://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/woodrowwilsoncanpicturelinks.com/28ww.htm8Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated and restored, without any attempt to limit the sovereignty which she enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other single act will serve as this will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the laws which they have themselves set and determined for the government of their relations with one another. Without this healing act the whole structure and validity of international law is forever impaired.7. Preservation of Belgian Sovereigntyhttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

24All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be righted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all.8. Restoration of French Territoryhttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

25A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.9. Redrawing of Italian Frontiershttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

26The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development.10. Division of Austria-Hungaryhttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

27Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.11. Redrawing of Balkan Boundarieshttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

28The Turkish portions of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous development, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under international guarantees.12. Limitations on Turkeyhttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

29An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.13. Establishment of an Independent Polandhttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

30A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.14. Association of Nationshttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

31The Fourteen Points:1. Open Diplomacy2. Freedom of the Seas3. Removal of Economic Barriers4. Reduction of Armaments5. Adjustment of Colonial Claims6. Conquered Territories in Russia7. Preservation of Belgian Sovereignty8. Restoration of French Territory9. Redrawing of Italian Frontiers10. Division of Austria-Hungary11. Redrawing of Balkan Boundaries12. Limitations on Turkey13. Establishment of an Independent Poland14. Association of NationsClick on the points to learn more!http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html17In 1919, President Wilson suffered a stroke. He left the White House in 1921 and was replaced by a conservative, Warren Harding. Wilson lived with feelings of bitterness and resignation after the war. Although he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, he still felt like a failure for not seeing his dream of the US being head of the League of Nations come true. In 1924, Woodrow Wilson died.President Wilsons Death

http://www.satrakshita.be/beyond_death.htmhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wwplarchives/sets/72157623714436373/detail/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/portrait/wp_wilson.html33In what kind of household did President Wilson grow up?B.Artistic and expressiveC.Wilsons parents were absent and he taught himself morals and valuesD.Void of educationPious and religious

President Wilson grew up in a pious, religious home. His father was a Presbyterian minister. Although he was a pious man, President Wilson said that morals should not be dictated by the government. Yes! You got it!

Woodrow Wilson was a progressive president. He felt life needed to be improved in the US for the American worker. His religious beliefs affected his position of neutrality because he believed in peace.Thats Correct!

Once Germany was caught trying to make a military alliance with Mexico, America saw this as an open act of war.You got it!

President Wilson gave his speech to Congress on January 8, 1918. His goal was to convince the American people that his goals for a post-war world were to make lasting world peace.Thats correct!

The League of Nations was born out of Wilsons Fourteen Points speech. The League of Nations was an association of nations meant to maintain world peace, and was the precursor to the United Nations.Thats right!

Although President Wilson did call for a reduction of armaments, he did not call for the entire dismantling of the German military. Well done!

President Wilson was an idealistic president. What he wanted more than anything was for the US to be the head of the League of Nations. Congress didnt allow the US to become a member, and Wilson was crushed.

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