Editing Woodrow Wilson (section)

==Biography==

=== Early life ===
Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia in 1856. He grew up in Augusta, Georgia, during the [[American Civil War]] and Reconstruction eras. As a child, he saw his mother nursing [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldiers. One of his earliest memories was seeing [[Jefferson Davis]] marching through Augusta in chains following the South's defeat. 

Wilson attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where he studied political philosophy and history. He earned his Ph.D at Johns Hopkins University. Wilson taught in colleges before becoming the President of Princeton University in 1902. 

=== Ascension to power ===
He then ran for Governor of New Jersey in 1910 as a Democrat and won. He oversaw reform on a progressive platform during his governorship, gaining him national reputation that encouraged him to run for President in 1912. Running on a campaign of "The New Freedom", Woodrow Wilson defeated incumbent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft William Howard Taft] and former President [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt], becoming the 28th President of the United States. As president, he pursued an agenda of progressive reform, leading to the establishments of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Trade Commission. His Revenue Act of 1913 lowered tariffs and began the modern income tax. Wilson also oversaw a policy of re-segregation within the federal government.<ref name = segregation></ref>

He was re-elected as President in 1916 on the basis that he would allow America to remain neutral in World War I, but after a series of unrestricted submarine warfare attacks from Germany, Wilson officially brought the United States to be involved in the war in April 1917.<ref>[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/america-enters-world-war-i The United States officially enters World War I], ''History Channel''</ref>

Following the war, Wilson participated in peace negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference, creating the League of Nations to that end. Wilson intended to run for a third term as President, but his plan ended when he suffered a stroke in 1919, forcing him to skip [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding Warren G. Harding]'s inauguration. Woodrow Wilson died in 1924 at age 67.