Woodrow Wilson
Before the presidency Born in Virginia spent most of his youth in the South. Attended Princeton and then went on to get his Ph. D only president to have a doctorate degree President of Princeton Governor of New Jersey
President Woodrow Wilson Program called “New Freedom” Attacked the “triple wall of privilege” The tariff, the banks, and the trust 16th amendment ratified “congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes Underwood-Simmons Act Reduced tariffs Graduated federal income tax
More legislation… Federal Reserve System Central banking system Clayton Antitrust Act Strengthen Sherman Antitrust Act Federal Trade Commission “Watchdog” agency
Your turn! Tell me what happened? Women’s Suffrage