Woodrow Wilson timeline
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson Is Born
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia. The twenty-eighth president of the United States, Wilson served two... Read more
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Woodrow Wilson attends University of Virginia
In 1879, Wilson attended law school at University of Virginia for one year. Although he never graduated, during his time at the University he was... Read more
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Woodrow Wilson Elected President Of Princeton University
On June 9, 1902, Woodrow Wilson was unanimously elected president of Princeton University, a position he held until he resigned in 1910 to run for... Read more
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First Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as 28th US President
Woodrow Wilson's First Inaugural Address THERE has been a change of government. It began two years ago, when the House of Representatives... Read more
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by Woodrow Wilson in 1913. He served under Secretary of the Navy Josephus... Read more
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President Woodrow Wilson Signs The Owen-Glass Act
On December 23, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Owen-Glass Act, creating the Federal Reserve System. The first major banking reform to... Read more
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The First Mother's Day
President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation on May 9, 1914, asking Americans to give a public expression of reverence to mothers through the... Read more
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United States Occupation of Haiti
In an effort to limit German influence, in 1910-11 the State Department backed a consortium of American investors, assembled by the National City... Read more
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United States Begins Occupation of Haiti
American President Woodrow Wilson sent 330 U.S. Marines to Port-au-Prince on July 28, 1915. The specific order from the Secretary of the Navy to... Read more
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President Wilson Asks Congress to Establish a State of Armed Neutrality
The Germans, while continuing to sink defenceless American vessels, still moved with a degree of caution after the severance of diplomatic... Read more
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Woodrow Wilson's second inauguration
March 4 was a Sunday, but the President took the oath of office at the Capitol in the President's Room that morning. The oath was taken again the... Read more
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President Woodrow Wilson Delivers War Message to Congress
Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to... Read more
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Ten suffragists Are Arrested As They Picket The White House
Ten suffragists were arrested on August 28, 1917, as they picketed the White House. The protesters were there in an effort to pressure President... Read more
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President Woodrow Wilson Wins Nobel Peace Prize
In accepting the honor of your award I am moved not only by a profound gratitude for the recognition of my [sincere and] earnest efforts in the... Read more
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Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allied victors in World War I to set the peace terms for Germany and other defeated nations, and... Read more
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The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is Ratified
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Read more