Woodrow Wilson
By: Mr. Dull
8/4/2009
Early Life
 Born in Virginia, 1856
 Father was a minister
 Could not read until he was 10
 Was a college professor
Family
 Wilson had 2 wives
 Ellen Axson and Edith Galt
 Wilson had 3 daughters
 Margaret, Jessie, Eleanor Randolph
Political Career
 Governor of New Jersey
 United States President 1913-1921
Main Presidential Issues/Concerns
 “The New Freedom”
 WWI
 Aftermath of WWI
Outcome of Presidential
Issues/Concerns
 “The New Freedom”
 Reduced the tariff
 Signed the Federal Reserve Act

Controls interest rate of the nation and how much money is in circulation
 Clayton Anti-Trust Act
 Made it legal to strike, boycott, helped labor unions
 Focused on child labor laws, worker compensation, and length of work days
 WWI
 Kept America out of war until 1917
 Once involved he quickly mobilized America into a strong military power
 America helped the allies win WWI
 Aftermath of WWI
 14 Points

Presented ways another World War could be avoided


Won Nobel Peace Prize
His idea’s/points were largely ignored/not acted upon
Post Presidency & End of Life
 Died in 1924
 Was very immobilized by a stroke he suffered while in
office following WWI
Interesting Facts and Information
 President of Princeton University
 Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919
 On the $100,000.00 Bill
 Women gained suffrage during his tenure
Bibliography
 Appleby, Joyce, Alan Brinkley, Albert S. Broussard, James M. McPherson, and
Donald A. Ritchie. The American Vision. 1st ed. United States of America: The
McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008. Print.
 "Biography of Woodrow Wilson." Welcome to the White House. The White
House. 24 Aug 2009
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/woodrowwilson/>.
 "Intersting Wilson Facts." The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library. 24 Aug 2009
<http://www.woodrowwilson.org/learn_sub/learn_sub_show.htm?doc_id
=362639>.
 "Woodrow Wilson - Biography." Nobelprize.org. 2009. Nobel Foundation. 24
Aug 2009 <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1919/wilsonbio.html>.
 "Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom." American History. 2009. ushistory. 24 Aug
2009 <http://www.ushistory.org/us/43g.asp>.