Woodrow Wilson takes the helm

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Woodrow Wilson takes the helm
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Election of 1912
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The Candidates

• Republicans William Howard Taft.
• Democrats Woodrow Wilson.
• Progressive Party (Bull Moose) Roosevelt.

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A Conflict of Economic and Political Philosophies.

• Progressive Platform
• Consolidation of trusts and labor unions.
• Stronger regulatory agencies,
• Womens suffrage.
• Social welfare laws. (minimum wage, etc)

• Democrat Platform
• Small enterprise with unmonopolized and
  unregulated markets.
• Fragment big business by enactment of antitrust
  laws.
• Competition.

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Outcome of the Election

• Roosevelt splits the Republican vote by pulling
  in 27 of the popular vote.
• Wilson wins but has only 41 of the vote.
• Eugene V. Debs pulls in over 900,000 votes for
  the Socialist Party.
• Taft leaves politics (sort a) and will become
  Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1921.

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The Triple Wall of Privilege

• The Tariff
• Underwood Tariff Bill - reduced import fees and
  also enacted a graduated income tax.
• Why were they in the same bill?

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The Triple Wall of Privilege

• The Banks
• Federal Reserve Act of 1913. Created the Federal
  Reserve Board, twelve regional districts, and
  Federal Reserve Notes.
• Made to be free of political influence.

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The Triple Wall of Privilege

• The Trusts
• Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. Used to
  battle unfair competition, false advertising,
  mislabeling, adulteration and bribery.
• Clayton-Anti-Trust Act of 1914. Strengthened
  Sherman. Price discrimination and interlocking
  directorates. Legalized strikes and peaceful
  picketing.

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Additional Progressive Reforms

• Seamans Act of 1915.
• Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916.
• Warehouse Act of 1916.
• Workingmens Compensation Act of 1916.
• Adamson Act of 1916.

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Problems South of the Border
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Viva Zapata !!!!!

• 1913. General Huerta takes control of Mexico,
  spurning a northern migration.
• Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa are
  supported by the US.
• Trouble in Tampico retaliation at Vera Cruz.
• Carranza seizes power in 1914.
• Black-Jack Pershing sent after Villa after
  border murders. (1917)

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The World Explodes in War
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German Submarine Warfare Hits Home