Wilson’s New Freedom

Section 17-5pp. 538-543

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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

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

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

Women Win Suffrage

• New Developments– 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

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

Summary of Progressivism

• Progressive Era Video Clip