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So- in Woodrow Wilson's
speech, he calls on the United States to "make the world safe for
democracy." What do you think about this goal? How has this defined
America's role in world affairs? Are there issues with this goal?
Contradictions?
1. The World Must Be
Safe for Democracy” (ch. 19)
2. “Close the Gate” (image, ch. 19)
3. “Mean Talkin Blues” (ch. 20, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CogtZ4EUwww)
4. “A March for Women’s Sufferage” (image, ch.
20)
Choose one reading from
the list (1-4) and use it to discuss the prompt above....Same book
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Woodrow Wilson's Speech
While addressing Congress in 1917, President Woodrow
Wilson delivered a speech that summarized reasons for the United States participated
in the First World War. The discourse had a great aimed described the role of
America in global affairs; however, it contradicted the beliefs of the Founders
regarding foreign policy.
Woodrow’s vision for America in international affairs
was not radically new. Since the Founding, Americans trusted that using their foreign
policy and their exemplary democratic conduct; would support the spread of democratic
principles to other continents (Foner 716). Through the speech, Woodrow
exemplified the beliefs of Americans who considered their republic as unique
and self-governing.
The goal of Woodrow’s address shaped the role of the
United States in world affairs as Americans assumed an active part of changing
the world into something new and different. Progressives believed the nation
could achieve this objective even through forceful action (Foner 719). Consequently,
Wilson supported the use of action to exert freedom and democracy.
