https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian Wilson"s Accomplishments During His Term en-us 2018-11-01 14:46:22 UTC 2025-10-29 14:21:12 UTC hello@padlet.com 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299399782 Woodrow Wilson grew up with a religious family in the South. Wilson then moved to New Jersey, where he began his career as a lawyer and then later became the president of Princeton University. Wilson was also named the governor of New Jersey before being elected as President of the United States. As U.S. President, Wilson promised to push for a reform program he called New Freedom.

]]> 2018-11-01 14:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299399782 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299404240 Under Wilson, Congress passed two antitrust measures. The first was the Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914. This law made it more difficult for monopolies to form under big businesses. This law also stated that the people who ran a company could be held personally responsible if the company violated the law. This law also ruled that labor unions and farm organizations could not consider themselves to be trusts.

]]> 2018-11-01 14:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299404240 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299798647 The second antitrust measure that Wilson enforced was the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 or the FTC. The FTC was an agency that had the power to investigate business for the government. This agency nearly 400 orders telling companies to stop breaking the law.
 ]]> 2018-11-02 14:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299798647 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299802892 Wilson worked to lower tariffs and believed that high tariffs encouraged monopolies. Due to his belief, Wilson supported the Underwood Tariff of 1913, which lowered tariffs for the first time since the civil war.

]]> 2018-11-02 14:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299802892 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299818211 Amendment that legalized a graduated federal income tax, which provided revenue by taxing individual earnings and corporate profits.

]]> 2018-11-02 14:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299818211 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299819458 The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 divided the nation into 12 districts and established a regional central bank in each district. This law lead to the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve System allowed banks to issue new paper currency in emergency situations, and member banks could use the new  currency to make loans. Federal Reserve banks could transfer funds to member banks in trouble, saving them from closing and protecting customers' savings.

]]> 2018-11-02 14:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299819458 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299819672 The amendment that granted women the right to vote. The amendment won ratification in August 1920, 70 years after women had first convened and demanded the vote at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.]]> 2018-11-02 14:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299819672 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299820329 The outbreak of World War I in Europe in 1914 demanded America's involvement, bringing the Progressive Era to an end.]]> 2018-11-02 14:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/299820329 176532 https://padlet.com/176532/ijb38xpmcian/wish/300137932 During the presidential campaign of 1912, Wilson won the support of the NAACP by promoting to treat African Americans equally and speak out against lynching. However, once in office, Wilson opposed federal antiliynching legislation, arguing that these crimes fell under state jurisdiction. Wilson also appointed white southerners to his cabinet, greater increasing segregation. Leaving the NAACP to feel extremely betrayed.

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