World Peace
World Peace
- 1916
- Wilson announced a plan to make world peace
- Nations would solve problems through negotiation rather than war
- Justice would replace power
League of Nations
- A national parliament dedicated to the pursuit of peace, security, and all the world's peoples.
- Many Americans liked the idea
- Great support from the American Woman Suffrage Association
- Won support from Irish and German decendents
Ireland's View
- Irish saw England as an arrogant imperial power
- Wanted England's strength to be sapped through a long war
- Launched the Easter Rebellion in 1916
1916 Presidential Election
- Martin Glynn renominated Wilson
- Slogan was "he kept us out of war"
- Proved effective against his pro-war opponent
- Used this peace momentum to build the League of Nations
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