Woodrow Wilson
"No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation" April 20th 1915. Born in Staunton, Virginia on December 28th given the name, Thomas Woodrow Wilson. His parents Joseph Woodrow Wilson and Janet Woodrow Wilson, both were mostly Scottish. Joseph was a Presbyterian minister and Janet was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. Woodrow spent 1 year in Davidson College, North Carolina. He spent 3 years at Princeton University and received a Baccalaureate degree in 1879, and for a year in Atlanta, Georgia he practiced law. At John Hopkins University in 1883 he entered graduate studies. In 1885 he published his book "Congressional Government" and married his first wife Ellen Axson Wilson. Taught 2 years at Wesleyan College and 3 years at Bryn Mawr College. He then became a Professor of jurisprudence and political economy at Princeton University, afterwards becoming president of Princeton 1902-1910. He then became a politician by becoming governor of the state of New Jersey from 1911-1913. His first wife died in 1914 and in 1915 he married his 2nd wife Edith Bolling Galt In 1912 he won the presidential election becoming the 28th president, and was caught in World War I. He was very determined to maintain neutrality, so he created League of Nations. In 1919 he collapsed and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage (stroke) and never fully recovered. He finished his 17 months of term and lived in retirement for the last 3 years of his life. During his life he had 3 children Jessie, Margaret, and Eleanor.
My Opinion- After reading several articles and listening to my parents and other adults, I've came to the conclusion he was a very loved president. Through his term he wanted the best for the country and was dedicated to making it better.
Clayton Antitrust Act
This act was enacted as a federal law on October 15, 1914, it was drafted by Henry De Lamar Clayton. The act prohibits interlocking directorates, intercorperate stock holdings, exclusive sales contracts cutting to freeze out competitors, and rebates. It also legalize peaceful strikes, picketing, boycotts, and it restricted the use of injunction against labor. "The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce." The act was a building block for new acts like, provisions against unfair price cutting in 1936 and intercorporate stock holdings in 1950. It also prevented monopolies.
My Opinion- I think that this is a very important act and is a major building block of America. It basically prevented the American people from being cheated. It seems though it wasn't very popular in it's time
Sources
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1919/wilson-bio.html
http://www.biography.com/people/woodrow-wilson-9534272
http://millercenter.org/president/wilson
http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/wilson/section1.rhtml
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/clayton-antitrust-act.html
Comments
Be sure to break info into shorter paragraphs and be sure to use Easybib to do your sources. Your second topic is also a bit brief.