Wilson let several southern members of his Cabinet segregate their departments. Those that did not want to segregate did not. That meant the Post Office and Treasury re-segregated. The others did not (the military was already segregated).
As for World War I, he was dragged into it kicking and screaming. It was only the Zimmermann Telegram and unrestricted submarine warfare that finally convinced him. He resisted republican pressure for two years to get into the war (after the Lusitania in May 1915).
(edited for spelling, this bad typist is even WORSE when he's mad)
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