Publisher's Synopsis
Woodrow Wilson was a leading force in the Progressive Movement, and during his first term he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal, He led the United States during World War I and was one of the 3 key leaders at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where he championed a new League of Nations. Contents: Biography of Woodrow Wilson Inaugural Addresses:First Inaugural Address (4 March 1913)Second Inaugural Address (4 March 1917)State of the Union AddressesI State of the Union address (2 December 1913)II State of the Union address (8 December 1914)III State of the Union address (7 December 1915)IV State of the Union address (5 December 1916)V State of the Union address (4 December 1917)VI State of the Union address (2 December 1918)VII State of the Union address (2 December 1919)VIII State of the Union address (7 December 1920)Other Addresses:First Address to CongressAddress on the Banking SystemAddress at GettysburgAddress on Mexican AffairsUnderstanding AmericaAddress before the Southern Commercial CongressTrusts and MonopoliesPanama Canal TollsThe Tampico IncidentIn the Firmament of MemoryMemorial Day Address at ArlingtonClosing a ChapterAnnapolis Commencement AddressThe Meaning of LibertyAmerican NeutralityAppeal for Additional RevenueThe Opinion of the WorldThe Power of Christian Young MenAddress before the United States Chamber of CommerceTo Naturalized CitizensAddress at MilwaukeeThe Submarine QuestionAmerican PrinciplesThe Demands of Railway EmployeesSpeech of AcceptanceLincoln's BeginningsThe Triumph of Women's SuffrageThe Terms of PeaceMeeting Germany's ChallengeRequest for AuthorityThe Call to WarTo the CountryThe German PlotReply to the PopeLabor must be FreeThe Call for War with Austria-HungaryGovernment Administration of RailwaysThe Conditions of PeaceForce to the UtmostPresidential Decisions:The State of War: The President's Proclamation of April 6, 1917Formal U.S. Declaration of War with Germany