Neutrality
Says "There will be no war...it would be a crime against civilisation for us to go in"
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Thomas Woodrow Wilson through 66 dated historical records for United States of America.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1917–1920Years on this page
1917
Declaration of War
Declares war on Germany after approval by the Senate & House of Representatives. Declares war as an "associated power" giving the US independence from France & Britain
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
Reform of War Policy
Draft registration day for nearly 10 million men aged 21-31
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
1918
League of Nations
Founded to preserve national independence, 14 points
Role range: 1913-1921
League of Nations
Wilson calls for a general association of nations in the Fourteen Points.
Role range: 1913-1921
Peace
Wilson calls for a general association of nations in the Fourteen Points.
Role range: 1913-1921
Fourteen Points
Calls for a general association of nations to preserve peace.
Role range: 1913-1921
14 Points
The 14th point, "A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike"
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
14 Points
The 1st point, "Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view".
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
14 Points
The 2nd point, "Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants".
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
14 Points
The 3rd point, "The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance".
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
14 Points
The 4th point, "Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety".
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
14 Points
The Fourteen Points in Wilson's speech are based on the research of the Inquiry, a team of about 150 advisers led by foreign-policy adviser Edward M. House into the topics likely to arise in the anticipated peace conference.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
14 Points
Wilson's speech takes many of the principles of progressivism that had produced domestic reform in the US and translated them into foreign policy (free trade, open agreements, democracy, and self-determination). Wilson is awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for his peace-making efforts.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
1st point, Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at
The 1st point, "Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view"
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
Suffrage
Wills tells the Senate that womens suffrage is "a vitally necessary war measure"
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
Womens Suffrage
Wills tells the Senate that womens suffrage is "a vitally necessary war measure"
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
Suffrage
Senate rejects womens suffrage for a 3rd time
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
Womens Suffrage
Senate rejects womens suffrage for a 3rd time
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
Peace
Germany requests an armistice
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
Peace
Says that military rulers & autocratic monarchs in German are an obstacle to peace
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
Senate refuses to ratify Wilson's guarantee of the French frontiers
The Senate refuses to ratify Wilson's guarantee of the French frontiers
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1913-1921
1919
League Covenant
Presses the peace conference to include a League covenant.
Role range: 1913-1921
League of Nations
The US fails to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and join the League of Nations
Role range: 1913-1921
Treaty of Versailles
The Senate refuses to ratify Versailles, keeping the United States outside the League.
Role range: 1913-1921
1920
United States Non-Membership
The Senate rejects League membership after the Versailles dispute.
Role range: 1913-1921
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