Week of November 28th - December 2nd - Blogs

Monday -

Republican Party Split
- TR did not get the Republican nomination so he decided to run as a third party candidate in the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)
Wilson's Accomplishments
- Passed 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 was established in 1914
  - 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"
- Federal Reserve banks could issue new paper money in emergency situations
17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments were passed during Wilson's term
- Direct election of senators (1913)
- Prohibition (1919)
- Women's vote (1920)
Keating Owen Act- First federal act fighting child labor
Adamson Act - set up an 8 hour work day
African-Americans were for the most part ignored by Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson and the Progressive Movement
Wilson reinstated segregation in Washington D.C. and also started segregation in the US military.

Tuesday - TEST

Wednesday - TEST

Thursday -

Semester Tests

WWI Project

We have US Homefront and Propaganda in WWI

Friday -

ABSENT