went over some assigned blogs and notes for test.
Farm Loan Act
The Farm Loan act of 1916 was made to increase credit to rural farmers in that area. This act was made to give family farms more credit so they can get more loans and enlarge their farms. To assist the Farm Loan Act the government created the federal Farm Loan board, twelve farm loan banks, and 10 Farm Loan Association.
The Farm Loan Act gave farmers 50% credit on their land and 20% on their farm improvements. This act really allowed the family farms across America to expand and eventually grow into what we have today.
Why Woodrow Wilson Won
In the election of 1912, there was three candidates for president; Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Henry Taft. Woodrow was democratic and not very progressive, Teddy was very progressive and did not get put into the Republican Party but instead started his own Bull Moose Campaign, and Taft was the Republican Party candidate instead of Roosevelt.
As Teddy Roosevelt started his own campaign, he also drew all of the progressive republicans with him. Wilson kept all of the democratic non progressive candidates. When they got voted for, the republican vote was split, therefore giving Wilson more of an opportunity.
Wilson lost the election in overall votes to Roosevelt but however completely blew the other candidates out with electoral votes. For electoral votes in the end Wilson had 435 votes, Teddy got 88 votes, and Taft had only eight votes. With the overall votes being split, and Wilson getting over 4 times the electoral votes of second place, Wilson won the election of 1912.
http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/research/americanhistory/ap_wilson.php
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/sfeature/sf_victory.html
https://cioccahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/23025675/Federal%20Farm%20Loan%20Act%20(1916)%20(6)
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