REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: WOODROW WILSON.

1. WOODROW
WILSON
IGCSE HISTORY
REVISION

2. DEFINITION
Woodrow Wilson was the US President in between 1913 and 1921,
who played a key role in the Paris Peace Conference.

3. Question 1
List Wilson’s main goals at Paris.

4. Answer 1
Lasting peace, self-determination for different nationalities, to avoid US
troops having to fight on European soil again.

5. Question 2
What did Wilson believe to be the key
to future peace?

6. Answer 2
His Fourteen Points.

7. Question 3
Name the organisation that Wilson
wanted formed to prevent further
wars.

8. Answer 3
The League of Nations.

9. Question 4
Wilson failed to achieve most of his
immediate goals. Give two reasons why.

10. Answer 4
He did not understand the deep divide between France and Germany.
He was pressured by the French and Lloyd George to punish Germany
severely and had to compromise.

11. Important
The US Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles; while travelling
around America in 1920 to win support for his ideas, Wilson suffered a
stroke.