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Elayna Muller
3/8/2014 01:55:58 pm
Woodrow Wilson failed because Congress did not approve of his ideas on postwar peace. Woodrow did not campaign or gather enough support from the people either. Also, he had a stroke during this time which caused a plethora of problems and ensured his goals to plummet. However, before his stroke, Wilson publicized his "Fourteen Points" that described his ideas for ending hostility towards the Central Powers. Germany increased their aggression all the more instead of trying to achieve peace, but ten months later, they conceded. These fourteen points contained geological issues to be resolved later on and general ideology to maintain peace. These points also contained liberalism that would be achieved through morality and righteousness. He called it "peace without victory". In fact, his central reason for going to war was to establish peace! Nobody really supported or believed in his ideas, so that is why his goals for postwar peace failed.
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Becca Kinzie
3/10/2014 02:08:03 am
Elayna I like your answer and the fact you brought up no one supported the idea od peace and war. I am mean honestly how do you fight and point a gun at a person looking for peace? i dont see the sense in that at all.
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Timmi Keisel
3/9/2014 08:08:57 am
Nice answer Elayna! What difference do you think it would have made if Woodrow Wilson was able to stay healthy and continue on with his campaign?
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Keeya Marquez
3/10/2014 02:13:31 am
This isn't directed towards me, but I would like to put in my own comment. From what I've heard about his abilities with words and speaking, I definitely think he could've gotten the majority of the public on board with is ideas. When a large portion of the public wants something, it's hard for the government to ignore it.
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Keeya Marquez
3/10/2014 02:11:35 am
Woodrow Wilson's ideas for peace were not achieved for many reasons. Wilson elected Democrats to Congress during the elections, however Republicans ended up winning the majorities, and they did not favor Wilson's plans. He made it worse when he refused to take any Republican to the Paris Peace Conference. When the president returned home, he began the ratification process of the treaty. Once again, he did not have the rest of the government on board. There was a good chance he could've gotten it approved if he made some small changes, yet once again he refused, not allowing it to pass. So he decided to earn the public's support. It was a difficult process, he would speak usually four times a day, and it made him very tired. It resulted in his health deteriorating significantly, and for the last 18 months of his presidency, he was not able to do something as difficult as passing a treaty. I think that perhaps, had he not been so stubborn and so unwilling to negotiate on changes, that perhaps he could've gotten the rest of the government on board. Also, had he not become ill, I think there is a good chance he could've gotten the American people on board as well.
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Becca Kinzie
3/10/2014 02:18:46 am
Totally opinonated because i am not sure, but i believe he failed due to his unsuring speech of the "14 points." This was a cross of accepting international peace. He entered a war just before that because of a telegram that was not at all "investigated" to be sure of an attack. i wouldnt have thought so quick of it because i would relate like a rumor because anyone can say or write something and either be lying or really be true. But not alot of people paid attetion to the campaign in this all because i believe he didnt have alot of ground to have confirm to persuade people to even i guess you could say "want it."
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Luke Stewart
3/17/2014 08:22:28 am
Wilson's plan for post war peace is part of the reason for the second war. by making Germany pay for all the war costs, he created an uprising in Germany. The new German government was flawed because of dept they had to pay. That is part of why Wilson's peace plan failed.
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Alleigh
12/17/2020 08:51:41 am
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Mike
10/7/2015 10:19:36 am
Yall niggas got it wrong
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Jamal Blackman
10/7/2015 10:22:36 am
Nah nigga you stupid af, woodrow wilson is an go nigga
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Wood Willy willson
10/7/2015 03:35:56 pm
Yall wrong
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unknown
2/2/2016 03:29:10 am
Is it because of wilsons stroke
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