Woodrow+Wilson

=__Woodrow Wilson__=

28th President 1913-1921


Table of contents:
1st post: About Woodrow Wilson 2nd post: Events that happened during his life time 3rd post: Things Wilson did as president 4th post: Quotes by Woodrow Wilson 5th post: Wilson's pets 6th post: Wilson was the 1st pres. to.... 7th post: Fun facts 8th post: How Wilson died 9th post:Wilson's hobbies 10th post: Why I think Wilson is a hero Bibliography:

Thomas Woodrow Wilson
· Born: Dec.-28-1856 Staunton, Virginia  · Death: Feb.-3-1924 Washington, D.C. (67 yrs.)  · Religion: Presbyterian    

· Political party : D emocratic  · Mother: Jessie Janet Woodrow   · Spouse(s): Ellen L. Axson / Edith B. Galt  · Kids: Margaret w. Wilson / Jessie Wilson/ Eleanor R. Wilson  · Profession: Lawyer and Professor of History and political science  · Vice president: Thomas R. Marshall  · Elected: 1913-1921 (8yrs.)  · Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919

1. About Woodrow Wilson: Woodrow Wilson did a lot of wonderful things, but did you know he had dyslexia; he wasn’t able to read at the age of 10. He still became a lawyer, professor, president of Princeton, Governor of New Jersey, and President of the U.S of A while dealing with dyslexia. One morning he found out that he wasn’t able to see through one of his eyes, he found out it was due to high blood pressure. In 1918 Woodrow suffered a stroke, that paralyzed his left side and he nearly died. He was nursed by his second wife Edith.

2. Events that happened during his life time: Wilson was alive when some of the most amazing things happened and somethings that were very sad. Some cool happy things like Lincoln’s election, end of the Civil War, type writer begins to be mass produced, Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone, Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb, African American suffrage, and basketball was introduced in Kansas. Many other amazing things, too. Some horrible things like Lincoln’s assignation, World War 1, sinking of the Titanic, and an earthquake that destroyed San Francisco. Wilson had seen lot of unbelievable things.

3. Things Wilson did as President: As president, Woodrow had many challenges like deciding to join in WW1. He passed many laws like Underwood-Simmons, Federal Reserve Act, tariff act and Unfortunately he is the one who established income tax. Wilson was a man of peace and did not want to go to war but he felt he had to do something so he asked congress about going to war and congress approved. Wilson had a lot of experience to become president like 13th president of Princeton, and 34th governor of New Jersey. Wilson earned a nickname as the “schoolmaster of politics”.

4. Quotes by Woodrow Wilson: Some inspiring quotes by Woodrow Wilson are “No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation”, “I would rather be hated than be the object of derision”, and “You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality”. Woodrow was a brilliant man; he tried to keep things peaceful. Some other quotes by Wilson “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”, “All things come to him who waits- provided he knows what he is waiting for.”, “To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.”, and “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”.

5. Wilson's pets: Woodrow Wilson had a tobacco-chewing ram named Old Ike and a sheep that would graze on the lawn of the White House. <span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">He had sheep to have wool to give to the Red Cross.

6. Wilson was the 1st pres. to.....: Woodrow was the 1st president to earn a Ph.D, make a radio broadcast, cross the atlantic ocean while he was in office, hold a regular news conferences, and the 1st to deliver the “ State of Union Address”. Didn’t know that, did you?

7. Fun Facts: Some fun facts about Woodrow Wilson is that until college he was known as “Tommy”, in his childhood he helped to establish the “Lightfoot baseball club” with some of his friends”(he played 2nd base), and he was the 1st president to attend the major league baseball fall classic. He saw 20 year old George Herman “Babe” Ruth make his debut.

8. How Wilson died: <span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Wilson died from a massive stroke. This was brought by years of struggling with arteriosclerosis

9.Wilson's hobbies: <span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Wilson’s hobbies were golf, riding, and walking.

10. Why I think Wilson is a hero: I think Woodrow Wilson was a hero. He did a lot of awesome things like being president of Princeton. He was also the 1st president to have a Ph.D. He graduated from Princeton, University of Virginia, John Hopkins University, and became a professor of political science and history. He did lots of things that helped America. <span style="font-family: 'Adobe Garamond Pro Bold','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> 10.5. Bibliography: [] www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/**woodrowwilson** www.**woodrowwilson**.org/ nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/.../1919/**wilson**-bio.html millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/**wilson**