Opener Explain how Woodrow Wilson was able to win the Election of 1912 below. Use the visuals in your notes to help

with your explanation.

The Elephant: “Well, you’ve helped rip me apart and “downed” yourself. I hope you’re satisfied.

Dad: Presbyterian

minister

Mom: Daughter of Presbyterian

minister

May have had a

learning disorder

Dyslexia – Could not read until age 12

Governor of NJ

Professor for 16 years

President of

Princeton Univ.

1st to hold regular press conferences

Plan had 5 main

reforms… OR?

“New Freedom”: Program to

restore competition & entrepreneurial spirit

Tariff: Tax on imported

goods

High tariff protected American business

Underwood Tariff: Reduced average tariff

30%How does the U.S. make up for the lost revenue?

2. – Income Tax

- Tax placed on the money that one makes (income)

- 16th amendment made up for lost revenue from tariffs

Proposed fed. reserve system:

Gov’t has more control over

banks

1913: Congress approves

Created 12 regional banks

overseen by federal

reserve board

Clayton Antitrust Act: Spelled out

specifically what big businesses could not

do.

Example:

-Companies could not work to reduce

comp.-Price cutting in local markets was forbidden

Federal Trade Commission: In charge

of stopping unfair business practices among companies

Supported laws requiring companies to have workers’ compensation

Civil War occurs

-Who wins?

-What happens to black slaves?

Jim Crow Laws: Mandated

segregation in hotels,

restaurants, parks, etc. in South

1896 - Plessy v Ferguson: separate but equal

is constitutional

- Son of slaves- Paid way

through Hampton

Institute (school for freed slaves)

Tuskegee Institute: Trade school for blacks

Respect from whites

Independence

Economic success

Hard work+

….then racial equality will be

achieved

Born & raised to free black family in MA

1st black to get Ph D. from

Harvard

Opposed Washington & accommodation

Demand immediate

equality!

Mockingly referred to Booker T. Washington as the “Atlanta Compromise”

“Accept Jim Crow laws without challenge”

“Demand Equality at once! Winning equality is

not in developing vocational skills but in

voting”

Jane Addams helped organize

the NAACP

1. Women Progressives: Usually supported black

reformers

2. Teddy Roosevelt: “Now as to the Negroes! I entirely agree with you

that as a race & in the mass [they] are

altogether inferior to the whites.”

3. Whites in general: Washington’s ideas more acceptable - did not directly challenge white social & political domination.

Booker T. Washington

W.E.B. DuBois