Primary Speech

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States of America; he was in office from March 4, 1913-march 4, 1921. He played a big part during the progressive era along with Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan. He was the president of Princeton, then later became the governor of New Jersey in 1910. He was elected president as part of the Democratic Party for both terms.
During his first term of presidency, Wilson had much influence on Americas Economy and made many changes. For one thing, he passed major legislation such as, the Federal Reserve System, the federal trade commission, the Clayton antitrust act, the federal farm loan act, and the Underwood tariff.
When Wilson was re-elected in 1916, his second term revolved only around World War I. His stance was neutral until 1917 when he declared war against the central powers. He left the war up to the military while mainly focusing on financial considerations and diplomacy. He raised war funds by imposing income tax and liberty bonds; he promoted labor union growth and suppressed anti- war movements. In 1918 he negotiated with Germany and dealt with the armistice. Also, he delivered “the fourteen points” in a speech, on how to avoid another war and deal with post- war problems. Being the first president to leave the U.S while still in office, he headed to Paris to create the League of Nations and the treaty of Versailles. Because of this he was awarded the noble peace prize in 1919. During 1919-1921 the progressive era started turning into the depression and many race riots and strikes occurred and Wilsons Idea of foreign policy and internationalism was different from what the republicans wanted, who ruled congress since 1918.
Today if Woodrow was President he would focus mainly on the war and the economy. As for the war, his stance would’ve been to stay out of Iraq but since that’s too late now he would most likely pull the military out and create a peace treaty between The Middle east and America. Funding the war wouldn’t be as important as keeping our economy afloat during the war and making sure the U.S doesn’t fall into another depression. When it comes to foreign policy it would be more about peace treatys and peace talks rather than a tough military front. Subjects like Abortion and same sex marriages wouldn’t be categorized as main issues. If Woodrow was president today he would stand for international unity and peace.