Comparison of Woodrow Wilson to FDR
... Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were men who changed the role of government in our lives by creating a stronger federal government. ... Both FDR and Wilson were elected in landslide victories with more than eighty percent of the vote, and with them they carried a Democrat Congress into office. ... Wilson looked at himself as a representative of the people, and saw the president as the only one who looks out for the general interest of the United States. Wilson did not have an easy task ahead of him when he first got into office, due to the fact that his party had been out of power for more than twenty years. ... Foreign relations were a big source of perplexity during Wilson’s first term in office. ... Wilson denied recognition to Huerta because of this, and even sent an agent to plan Huerta’s retirement and plan a new government. When Huerta refused, Wilson responded by aiding Huerta’s rivals, and later on having the Navy occupy Veracruz. ... Wilson was luckier than Roosevelt when it came to scandals, however he did face one problem with the California legislature. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson both great men leaders, tragically fell in their prime. ... Wilson had proposed the League of Nations, only to have it be opposed, thus causing Hitler to rise to power after the Treaty of Versailles, and the formation of the United Nations after another World War had to take place.