Editing Woodrow Wilson (section)

==== Territories and immigration ====
{{see also|History of immigration to the United States}}
Wilson embraced the long-standing Democratic policy against owning colonies, and he worked for the gradual autonomy and ultimate independence of the [[Philippines]], which had been acquired in 1898. Continuing the policy of his predecessors, Wilson increased self-governance on the islands by granting [[Filipinos]] greater control over the Philippine Legislature. The [[Jones Act of 1916]] committed the United States to the eventual independence of the Philippines, and granted Filipinos further autonomy with the establishment of a Filipino [[Philippine Senate|Senate]] and [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]], replacing the American-run [[Philippine Commission]] and Filipino-run [[Philippine Assembly]], respectively.<ref>Cooper (2009), p. 249</ref> In 1916, Wilson [[Treaty of the Danish West Indies|purchased by treaty]] the [[Danish West Indies]], renamed as the [[United States Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ambar|first=Saladin|url=https://millercenter.org/president/wilson/foreign-affairs|title=Woodrow Wilson: Foreign Affairs|website=Miller Center|publisher=University of Virginia|date=October 4, 2016|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>

Immigration from Europe declined significantly once World War I began and Wilson paid little attention to the issue during his presidency.<ref>{{cite book|last=Allerfeldt|first=Saladin|year=2013|chapter=Wilson's Views on Immigration and Ethnicity|editor-last=Kennedy|editor-first=Ross A.|title=A Companion to Woodrow Wilson|edition=1st hardcover|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|pages=152–172|doi=10.1002/9781118445693<!--.ch8-->|isbn=978-1-4443-3737-2}}</ref> However, he looked favorably upon the "new immigrants" from southern and eastern Europe, and twice vetoed laws passed by Congress intended to restrict their entry, though the later veto was overridden.<ref>Cooper (2009), pp. 252–253, 376–377</ref>