prohibition of drinking and selling alcohol took pace during his term. Wilson was son of a minister. People speculate that he believed his father was God. He had a dangerous messiah complex where he thought he could save the world and was blinded by the idea of world peace. Wilson developed at a young age a burning hatred for war. However as a war leader he was superb. He got the American people to believe they would fight a war to make the world safe for democracy. Out of Wilsons idealism came his fourteen points, which he presented to Congress in January of 1918. This appealed to people everywhere by promising such goals as ending secret treaties, freedom of the seas, and removing economic barriers. His fourteenth point was the League of Nations, which was rejected by the Senate. He did however get the Treaty of Versailles accomplished during his term in June of 1919, but this only included about four of the original fourteen points. Wilson was a man of peace who many argued tried to keep us out of war. When war broke out in Europe he said, Force does not solve anything. He wanted to remain neutral. However this proved to be impossible. First, when the Luisitania, a passenger ship carrying 128 Americans to England was blown up by the Germans, Americans were outraged. But Wilson still said no war. Then German submarines started blowing up transport ships with U-Boats. Next, a German ambassador was on his way to Mexico when he was caught with the Zimmerman note saying that Mexico should attack the US. Finally, on April 2, 1917 Wilson addressed Congress asking them to declare war on Germany. Wilson preached to America that God needs you to fight this war for democracy and America. 24 million Americans were sent off to war. Nothing was accomplished as the war ended on November 11, 1918. 90 million people died. America turned into a depressed nation. In 1919 Theodore Roosevelt became ill. His four sons had previo...
