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Title: Woodrow Wilson takes the helm


1
Woodrow Wilson takes the helm
2
Election of 1912
3
The Candidates
  • Republicans William Howard Taft.
  • Democrats Woodrow Wilson.
  • Progressive Party (Bull Moose) Roosevelt.

4
A Conflict of Economic and Political Philosophies.
  • Progressive Platform
  • Consolidation of trusts and labor unions.
  • Stronger regulatory agencies,
  • Womens suffrage.
  • Social welfare laws. (minimum wage, etc)
  • Democrat Platform
  • Small enterprise with unmonopolized and
    unregulated markets.
  • Fragment big business by enactment of antitrust
    laws.
  • Competition.

5
Outcome of the Election
  • Roosevelt splits the Republican vote by pulling
    in 27 of the popular vote.
  • Wilson wins but has only 41 of the vote.
  • Eugene V. Debs pulls in over 900,000 votes for
    the Socialist Party.
  • Taft leaves politics (sort a) and will become
    Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1921.

6
The Triple Wall of Privilege
  • The Tariff
  • Underwood Tariff Bill - reduced import fees and
    also enacted a graduated income tax.
  • Why were they in the same bill?

7
The Triple Wall of Privilege
  • The Banks
  • Federal Reserve Act of 1913. Created the Federal
    Reserve Board, twelve regional districts, and
    Federal Reserve Notes.
  • Made to be free of political influence.

8
The Triple Wall of Privilege
  • The Trusts
  • Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. Used to
    battle unfair competition, false advertising,
    mislabeling, adulteration and bribery.
  • Clayton-Anti-Trust Act of 1914. Strengthened
    Sherman. Price discrimination and interlocking
    directorates. Legalized strikes and peaceful
    picketing.

9
Additional Progressive Reforms
  • Seamans Act of 1915.
  • Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916.
  • Warehouse Act of 1916.
  • Workingmens Compensation Act of 1916.
  • Adamson Act of 1916.

10
Problems South of the Border
11
Viva Zapata !!!!!
  • 1913. General Huerta takes control of Mexico,
    spurring a northern migration.
  • Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa are
    supported by the US.
  • Trouble in Tampico retaliation at Vera Cruz.
  • Carranza seizes power in 1914.
  • Black-Jack Pershing sent after Villa after
    border murders. (1917)

12
The World Explodes in War
13
German Submarine Warfare Hits Home
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