Thursday September 22

Worked on project.Wilson's background- His spent his beggining years in reconstruction and civi war. Wilson made a program New Freedom and planned his attack what he called the triple wall of privelage-they were trusts, tarriffs, and high finance.The clayton act of 1914, was a monoply. Monoply is like a people fighting over oil and trying to sell there goods.Federal Trade Commision- another watch overNew tax system was the Underwood Act, which reduce tarriff rates and wilson wanted to lower them.Women Win suffrage- They pushed the right for women to vote. In 1910 they had the right to vote in olny some states then the 19th Ammendent gave women the right to vote basically anywhere.The limits of Progressivism- dealt wih segregation (White americans and African Americans). Wilson refused to extend civil rights for african americans. He wanted freedom for white americans rather than african americans.
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