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woodrow wilson

Woodrow Wilson is one of the great presidents of the United States. He was an intelligent leader who accomplished many of his goals. He was the 28th president of the United States. He secured a legislative program of progressive domestic reform, guided his country during World War I, and fought for a peace settlement to be guaranteed by the LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia on December 28, 1856. He was influenced by his father who was a Presbyterian minister, Joseph Ruggles Wilson. After graduation from Princeton in 1879, Wilson studied law at the University of Virginia. He hoped that it would lead to politics. He became inpatient with some points of law. He was a good public speaker and he interested in political history. Even though he got sick frequently, he received his law degree and in 1882 and settled in Atlanta, Georgia, and He opened a law practice. In 1883 he became tired of the firm and abandoned his law career for graduate study in go...

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