Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilsons New Freedom

• What polices does Woodrow Wilson bring to the
  White House?

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New Freedom Plan

1. 1913 Underwood Act lowered tariff rate to
   create more competition for big businesses

• 2. 1914 Continues Anti-Trust measures
  including the Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal
  Trade Commission

3. 1914 Federal Reserve Act, divides US into
12 financial districts, each with a regional bank
? Signed many labor laws protecting workers, esp.
children
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Amendments Under Wilson

• Wilson signed the following Amendments while
  President

• 16th Amendment Federal Income Tax

• 17th Amendment Direct Election of Senators

• 18th Amendment Prohibition of Alcohol

• 19th Amendment Womens suffrage (Movement led
  by Susan B. Anthony Carrie Catt of the NAWSA)

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Disappointing Civil Rights Record

• Wilson won support of NAACP during election
• After elected, he opposed federal anti-lynching
  laws allowed segregation to spread
• African Americans liberal whites feel betrayed

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Wilsons Missionary Diplomacy

• US had a moral responsibility to deny recognition
  to any Lat. Amer. Gov that seemed oppressive,
  undemocratic, or hostile to US interests
• Mexican Revolution
• Mex. Pres. Madero overthrown by Gen. Victorniano
  Huerta
• Wilson refuses to recognize Huertas Gov
• Huertas officers arrest American sailors in
  Tampico
• Wilson orders US Marines to invade occupy
  Veracruz
• Huerta taken out of power by Venustiano Carranza,
  Wilson recognizes Carranzas Govt

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Wilson vs. Pancho Villa

• Carranza invites US to help run local mines
• Rev. leader Pancho Villa upset, threatens
  reprisals against US
• Villas men kidnap kill mining engineers a
  raid border town, killing 17 Americans
• Wilson send Gen. John Blackjack Pershing into
  Mexico to hunt down Villa
• Carranza demands US troops leave
• US Mex. close to war, but both sides back down