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Woodrow Wilson

Published on Apr 13, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Woodrow Wilson

"The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it."
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- Served for 8 years 1913-1921
- Tagline: "He kept us out of war"

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Accomplishments: Chief Policymaker
- In 1920 Wilson signed the 19th amendment that granted women the right to vote.
- Wilson supported immigration and vetoed a law that required a literacy test for immigrants.

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Accomplishments:
Chief Citizen
- Wilson became the second U.S. president to throw out a cerimonial first pitch of the baseball season

Accomplishments:
Chief Diplomat
- He attended the Paris Peace conference in 1919 after the war

Accomplishments:
Chief Policymaker
- May 1914, he passed a law declaring the second Sunday in May was mothers day