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Ch 9.5 – Wilson’s New Freedom
Woodrow Wilson establishes a strong reformAgenda as a progressive leader.
I. Wilson Wins Financial ReformA. Wilson’s Background
1. Lawyer – Princeton graduate2. Professor at Bryn Mawr College3. President of Princeton4. New Jersey Governor
B. As president he focuses on trusts, tariffs,high finance (banking)
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Wilson asprofessor
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Wilson asPresident of Princeton Wilson as NJ Governor
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As President
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II. Two Key Antitrust Measures - TRUSTSA. Clayton Antitrust Act - Stopped companies
from buying stock to form monopoly (goes after interlocking directorates)B. Ended injunctions against strikers
unless threatened irreparable damageC. Federal Trade Act established the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) –New“watchdog” agency1. Investigated regulatory
violations2. Ended unfair business practices
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III. Wilson Wins Financial ReformsA. A New Tax System
1. Wilson pushed for Underwood Act
to substantially reduce tariffs2. Set the precedent of giving State
ofthe Union message in person
3. Use of the bully pulpit lead to passage
B. Federal Income Tax1. Sixteenth Amendment2. Legalized graduated federal
incometax
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C. Federal Reserve System1. Federal Reserve System – private
banking system under federal control
2. Nation divided into 12 districts;central bank in each district
IV. Women Win SuffrageA. Local Suffrage Battles
1. College-educated women spreadsuffrage message to working-
class2. Women went door-to-door, took
trolley tours, gave speeches at stops
- some adopted bold tactics ofBritish Suffragists
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Gold Bars are held in 122 compartments in the mainAnd auxiliary vaults.
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B. Catt and the National Movement1. Carrie Chapman Catt, head of
NAWSA2. Stressed organization, lobbying3. National Woman’s Party
aggressivelypressured for suffrage
amendment4. Work of patriotic women in war
effortinfluenced politicians (Wilson)
5. 1920- Nineteenth Amendment granted
women the right to vote
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CarrieChapman Catt
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National Woman’s Party
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V. The Limits of ProgressivismA. Wilson and Civil Rights
1. As candidate, won support of NAACP
for favoring civil rights2. As president, opposed antilynching
legislation3. Appointed fellow white Southerners
to cabinet who extended segregation
4. NAACP felt betrayed; Wilson ‘sself-defense widened rift
B. The twilight of Progressivism--Outbreak of World War I distracted
Americans; reform efforts stalled
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World War I