Woodorw Wilson and WWI

Woodrow Wilson becomes President of Princeton

Aug 22, 1902

Woodrow is elected President of the United States

Jan 22, 1912

War breaks out in Europe

Jul 28, 1914

American Nuetrality

Aug 4, 1914

Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims American nuetrality

Woodrow is elected for his 2nd term

Nov 17, 1916

Woodrow Wilson wins the election with the slogan "he kept us out of war."

Decleration of War on Germany

Apr 2, 1917

Wilson asks Congress for decleration of war on Germany.

"Fourteen Points"

Jan 18, 1918

Woodorw Wilson deleivers his Fourteen Points speech infron of Congress.

Armistice Ends Fighting

Nov 11, 1918

Germany asks for peace based off of Wilson's Fourteen Points.

League of Nations is formally aproved

Jan 25, 1919

Delegates at Paris Peace Conference formally approve Wilson's League of Nations and it becomes part of the Traety of Versailles.

US Senate Rejects Treaty

Nov 19, 1919

55-39 the US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles and the United States does not join the League of Nations.