President Wilson’s own ineptitude and stubbornness is what led to the Senate’s defeat of the Treaty of Versailles‚ rather than the strength of the opposing forces. Even Wilson’s closest and most trusted advisors could not sway his stance. Wilson was strong in his stance and incorporated the idea of the 14 points. While it is true that opposing forces contributed to defeat the treaty‚ it was Wilson’s unmovable position that led to its ultimate defeat in the Senate. There was much opposition to
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a statement saying the reason for the closing is due to a severe cutback in demand for coal because of a shutdown in manufacturing nationwide. “We hope to see an increase in demand‚ but until we do‚ the mine will remain sealed.” Company President Wilson Standridge said. Prosper is a mining town of 909 people in the northeast corner of Crocker County. Since the deep-shaft coal mine was opened in 1901‚ it has provided a major source of employment for the town’s people‚ and in the last 18 years has
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occurring. 6. Why did the countries not tell their citizens about the casualties? f. Because the casualties were in the extremes and they did not want to scare their citizens to back out of the war. 7. What was the first action that caused Wilson to rethink isolationism? g. The Germans threatening to sink all of the merchant ships sent to their enemy. 8. What were some of the consequences of the war? h. As soon as the war started the economy started to suffer as well. Because
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In exchange Germany offered to fund Mexico’s fight and make sure Mexico gain back Arizona‚ Texas‚ and New Mexico. Mexico did not agree to the deal because they saw it was a plan that would only help to protect Germany its self. This made President Wilson see that war was inevitable so America declared war. Overall America was successful in its goals in World War 1. The goal America was able to complete first was to protect merchant ships with the help of convoy systems. Next America wanted to cooperate
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strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act which outlawed unfair business. Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson helped the common people more than taft did. Roosevelt’s meat inspection act inspected the meat to make sure that the food was not contaminated so the people would not get sick or die. Wilson also wanted to get rid of those that hurt the public interest‚ Wilsons was called the trustbuster as a nickname. Wilson made the Federal Reserve Act which strengthened
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Progressive Era Through the Great Depression Tynisha Miller Assignment 2: History 105 Professor Tonya Simmons November 11‚ 2012 Identify at least two (2) major historical turning points in the period under discussion. The women’s suffrage is one of the major historical turning points in the Progressive Era. During this time there were two groups that pushed and furthered the cause of women’s suffrage. The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)‚ founded in 1890‚ and the National
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were hardly likely to welcome the creation of an independent Poland" (Steiner 69). The issue of self-determination was difficult and confusing at best. Was this to be determined via race‚ a geographical area‚ language or community? Even President Wilson conceded the difficulty of self-determination: "When I gave utterance to those words [self-determination]‚ I said them without knowledge that nationalities existed‚ which are coming to us day after day." (History in Quotations #11). The coal and iron
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Although an investigation of the Bureau of Animal Industry‚ which provided the inspectors of the packaging plants‚ was ongoing‚ Roosevelt felt the need to have unbiased investigators look into the matter. Roosevelt and Agriculture Secretary James Wilson "asked Commissioner of Labor Charles P. Neill and New York attorney James Reynolds to undertake an independent investigation." What they found and reported on became known as the Neill-Reynolds Report and was delivered to Congress on June 4‚ 1906
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after many difficulties of neutrality‚ the United "States had to enter the Great War. On January 8‚ 1918‚ Wooldrow Wilson the president at the time‚ turn U.S. participation in the war into a religious crusade. He wanted to change the nature of international relations and to make the world safe for democracy. This war was merely a struggle among imperialist powers. Wooldrow Wilson announced his plan‚ which was meant to organize peace. These were Wilson’s fourteen paints. It argued for "open covenants
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Muckrakers The term “muckraker” was originally coined in a speech in 1906 accredited to President Theodore Roosevelt. It was alluding to the man with the Muck-Rake in Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Process. The Man with the Muck rake seeks material advances by raking filth. Roosevelt defined this term as "one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders". Muckrakers in the Progressive Era‚ a time from 1820 until 1920 when America quickly industrialized
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