Woodrow Wilson established Nazism.
National Socialism ( Nationalsozialismus ) , more commonly known as Nazism ( [ ˈnɑːtsɪzəm , _ ˈnæ - ] ) , is the ideology and practice associated with the 20th-century German Nazi Party and Nazi Germany , as well as other far-right groups . Woodrow Wilson . He also led the United States during World War I , establishing an activist foreign policy known as `` Wilsonianism . ''