1. Wilson’s New Freedom
Section 17-5 pp

2. Preview Questions

3. Wilson Wins Financial Reforms
Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)
Made it more difficult to form monopolies
Held officers of a company legally responsible for the company’s actions
Labor unions and farm organizations not considered trusts
Strikes, peaceful picketing, and boycotts are legal

4. Wilson Wins Financial Reform
Federal Trade Act
Established the Federal Trade Commission
Given power to investigate corporations and unfair business practices
Underwood Act
First substantial reduction of tariffs since Civil War

5. Wilson Wins Financial Reform
Sixteenth Amendment
Legalized a graduated federal income tax
Applied to individuals and corporations
Federal Reserve System
Established a decentralized private banking system under federal control

6. Women Win Suffrage New Developments 19th Amendment
Increased activism of local and grass root organizations
Use of new strategies to build enthusiasm
Regeneration of national movement under Catt
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote

7. The Limits of Progressivism
Wilson Retreats on Civil Rights
Opposed a federal anti-lynching law
Appointed segregationists to his cabinet
Failed to oppose the re-segregation of federal offices
America’s entry into WWI ends Progressivism
Reasoned that lynching fell under state control
Wilson promised to treat blacks equally, but did not once in office
Wilson viewed segregation as just

8. Summary of Progressivism
Progressive Era Video Clip