Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States and was a president during the progressive movement era. Wilson was a logical president and shared the former president Roosevelt's belief in strong Presidency.He also promised Americans a “New Freedom”, by taming big business, encouraging greater competition, eliminating special privileges and stopping monopolies.
New Freedom Woodrow Wilson wanted to stop the corruption in the Big business and the unfair advantages small companies had during the progressive movement. He was also arguing for a strong central government and was fighting for anti-trust legislation and labor rights. Once he was elected he established several major reforms through congress. In 1913 Wilson enacted a law that lowered the tariffs by 25%. To make up for this revenue, he introduced the nation’s first income tax. Then he introduced Graduated Income Tax that taxed higher rate on the Wealthy people and less on the well-off taxpayers. He also enacted The Federal Reserve Act (1913) which reformed the banking industry by establishing 12 regional federal Reserve Banks to serve as “banker’s Banks.” The act furthered allowed the Federal Reserve to regulate the money in circulation by controlling the amount of money that banks could lend. In 1914, Congress passed Clayton Antitrust Act, …show more content…
Although it had taken to his 2nd term to pass the 19th Amendment , it wasn’t because of Wilson but of Paul. Paul was the leader of the Suffragettes, who were women that are fighting to have equal rights as men, especially the right to vote. He was also a follower of the KKK clan and was a racist person. His Ancestor Where slave owners. Also many people speculate that Woodrow Wilson Praised the movie “Birth of a Nation” which was about white
New Freedom Woodrow Wilson wanted to stop the corruption in the Big business and the unfair advantages small companies had during the progressive movement. He was also arguing for a strong central government and was fighting for anti-trust legislation and labor rights. Once he was elected he established several major reforms through congress. In 1913 Wilson enacted a law that lowered the tariffs by 25%. To make up for this revenue, he introduced the nation’s first income tax. Then he introduced Graduated Income Tax that taxed higher rate on the Wealthy people and less on the well-off taxpayers. He also enacted The Federal Reserve Act (1913) which reformed the banking industry by establishing 12 regional federal Reserve Banks to serve as “banker’s Banks.” The act furthered allowed the Federal Reserve to regulate the money in circulation by controlling the amount of money that banks could lend. In 1914, Congress passed Clayton Antitrust Act, …show more content…
Although it had taken to his 2nd term to pass the 19th Amendment , it wasn’t because of Wilson but of Paul. Paul was the leader of the Suffragettes, who were women that are fighting to have equal rights as men, especially the right to vote. He was also a follower of the KKK clan and was a racist person. His Ancestor Where slave owners. Also many people speculate that Woodrow Wilson Praised the movie “Birth of a Nation” which was about white