Hello, This is Jesse G from Mrs. Sal’s period 1 class.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the twenty-eight president of the United States, and a leading supporter of the League Of Nations. Wilson was intelligent, considerate and idealistic and that’s why he led the country through some of its darkest days during World War I. In 1885 Wilson became a teacher at Bryn Mawr College. Wilson was a great success, he coached a winning football team, and published a renowned work in comparative government called The State. Wilson’s intelligence, ability to stort details and commanding presence came to the attention of New Jersey’s political leaders who proposed that he run for public office. In 1910 Wilson was elected governer of New Jersey. In a short amount of time he pushed through major state reforms and he was swept into the White House by 1912. During his first term as president he passes significant tariff and banking reforms, but two years into his term, Wilson’s wife passed away and World War I broke out in Europe. As hard as Wilson worked to keep the United States out of the war, on April 6, 1917 the war entered the U.S.! Wilson was the leader in the 1918 Peace Conference that ended the war, but he pushed himself to hard and in 1919 he suffered from a severe stroke. Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and he retired with his 2nd wife, Edith Bolling Galt, who he married in 1915, 3 years after the tragic death of his first wife. He lived in Washington D.C. until 1924 when he died.

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Francis Ferdinand was born in Graz, Austria, the oldest son of Archduke Charles Louis and the nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph. When he was 12 he inherited the title archduke of Austria-Este, he became the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1899, after the deaths of his dad and cousin.