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1913-1921 Woodrow Wilson Vice President was Thomas R. Marshall. W. Wilson's First Inaugural Address. W. Wilson's Second Inaugural Address.
Woodrow Wilson
Address to the American Indians
Summer 1913
He centralized the U.S. banking system through the Federal Reserve Act (1913). Wilson supported laws limiting the use of child labor and restricting hours of work. He also backed a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. Wilson tried to stay out of Word War I. Yet when Germany refused to end submarine attacks on transatlantic shipping, he declared war on April 6, 1917. He unsuccessfully opposed Prohibition, which went into effect in 1920. About his private life: Would anyone have listened to any young woman if Woodrow Wilson would have had a casual affair with her?
28 Woodrow Wilson Born: December 29, 1856, Staunton, Virginia. Died: February 3, 1924. Party: Democratic. Age when inaugurated: 56. Term: 1913-1921. After initially opposing World War I (1914-1918), Wilson led the U.S. into the war and drafted the peace plan that ended it. Wilson then fought to create the League of Nations, the forerunner of the United Nations. Famous Fact: Wilson was the first President to hold a news conference. (Source: scholasticnetwork.com)
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