Woodrow Wilson was the twenty eighth president of the United States. Wilson’s term as president was from 1913 through 1921. Throughout his presidency, Wilson encountered complicated hurdles, such as World War I, also known as the Great War. World War I was period in time that many countries faced challenges of both economic and political as well as social and cultural issues. These problems jeopardized the continuation of a democratic system and most importantly freedom. President Wilson swayed congress to go into World War I for an improved democracy and self-determination for all countries. Congress later agreed, and the United States entered into World War I. When the war was over, an operational and dependable solution was needed to bring …show more content…
Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam wanted the United States to help them force France to free Vietnam. One of the claims presented at the 1919 peace conference in Paris after World War I is as follows, “While waiting for the principle of national self-determination to pass from ideal to reality through the effective recognition of the sacred right of all peoples to decide their own destiny,” (Document 21, 231). Countries wanted the great ideals of the United States such as freedom of speech, press, association and assembly. These claims were for the native people of that land. The people in land of the United States, however, were feeling a different mood after the peace treaty in Paris. During that year, United States employers cut salaries causing a countrywide political and economic unease. For the communist countries also known as “the Reds” it was an ideal time to take over during such unrest of employment. Labor activists and communists were acting out like terrorists by sending bombs to government executives, bankers and investors. This revel mentality killed many innocent people instead of the aimed target. The climate of these rebels were fearless as stated in “Excerpts from ‘The Case Against the Reds’”, “Robbery, not war, is the ideal of communism. This has been demonstrated in Russia, Germany, and in America. As a foe, the anarchist is fearless of his own life, for his creed is a fanaticism that admits no respect of any other creed. Obviously it is the creed of any criminal mind, which reasons always from motives impossible to clean thought. Crime is the degenerate factor in society.” (Document 21, 232). The terrorist like strikes scared the American people and as a result led to more traditional and conservative sense of nationwide