No inertia is a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. Does not matter the object.
President Woodrow Wilson in this sentence was referring to the idea that a new world order was needed after World War I--one in which there was less of an incentive for countries to go to war in order to achieve their goals. This is why he advocated for the creation of the League of Nations.
<span>He showed leniency towards the former Confederate states after the Civil War
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Andrew Johnson impeachment emanated from a power struggle over reconstruction policies. The house republican wanted harsh reconstruction conditions imposed on the southern states while Johnson chose to pursue the lenient policies of his boss, Lincoln who had been assassinated.
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