Monday -
- Republican Party Split
- Due to problems with Taft, the Republicans split into old-guard Republicans and progressive republicans
- TR didn't get chosen so he decided to run as a third party candidate in the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)
- Ensured democratic win because Republicans voted for either TR or Taft
- Woodrow Wilson Accomplishments
- Describe the major accomplishments /issues of Woodrow Wilson as President.
- Clayton Anti-Trust Act
- 1914
- Could break up monopolies
- Labor Unions were given the right to exist
- Strikes, boycotts, picketing, etc. became legal
- Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission
- Investigated companies for monopolistic practices
- Federal Reserve system
- America needed stronger banks
- Federal Reserve Act of 1913
- Divided the nation into 12 districts – regional central bank in each district
- “Bankers bank”
- Controls amount of money in circulation, interest rates, etc.
- Amendments
- 16th – Federal Income Tax (1913)
- Provided money to the Government by taxing individual earnings and corporate profits
- 17th - Direct Election of senators (1913)
- More power to the people – senators and representatives that the people wanted
- 18th – Prohibition (1919)
- Women pushed for it
- 19th – Women’s Vote (1920)
- Gave women the right to vote – major boost for women’s suffrage
- 16th – Federal Income Tax (1913)
- Federal Farm Loan Act
- Underwood Tariff
- Keating-Owen Act
- Federal act fighting child labor
- Adamson Act
- Set up an 8-hour workday
- US Neutrality in WWI
- Policy towards African-Americans
- African-Americans were for the most part ignored by Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson and the Progressive Movement
- Wilson reinstated segregation in Washington DC and also started segregation in the US military
- Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Tuesday - Test Day
Wednesday - Test Day
Thursday - Started WWI Project/ went over semester test options
Friday - Work Day
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