Key Figures (jan 1, 1914 – jan 1, 1920)
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Woodrow Wilson- 28th President of United States, 1914-1920, Democrat, believed in neutrality, idealist, believed that the U.S. had the right to peaceful free trade, national self-determination, “absolute neutrality”Robert Lansing- Secretary of State during WWI from 1915-1920, conservative, pro-business democrat, strong advocate of democracy and the United States’ role in establishing international law. Enemy of Germand autocracy and Russian Bolshevism. Skeptical of Wilson’s self-determination principle and opposed the Treaty of Versailles.
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Date:
jan 1, 1914
jan 1, 1920
~ 6 years