Also the 17th amendment was added to the constitution that stated that senators would be elected by state legislatures. Mother’s Day was officially established as every 2 sunday of May. In 1914 the World War 1 was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a serbian terrorist group. In the August of 1914 Germany launches war on Belgium, France, and Great Britain in which Unites States agreed to stay neutral. Since Wilson’s first wife died of Bright’s Disease he remarried in 1915 to Edith Wilson. Another crucial bill that was approved in 1915 was the bill that required all immigrants to pass a literacy test to vote. The National Defense Act also got passed in 1916. In 1917 Congress debates votes to declare war against Germany. After many years of hard work women finally have the right to vote in 1917. The 18th amendment also was passed by the government on the December of 1917. Woodrow Wilson’s very famous speech “The Fourteen Points” was given by Wilson to the society in 1918 and the treaty of versailles was also signed in 1919. But in 1920 when Congress passes a joint resolution on declaring an end to the war with Germany Wilson vetoes the bill. Woodrow Wilson basically lead America through World War 1 even though in his inauguration speech he committed to not joining the war. Like not as many, Wilson earned the nobel …show more content…
Wilson in 1913 on his first year of Presidency held a meeting with Congress and confronted the tariff question, and brought special attention to the matter by deciding to appear in person before Congress to make his appeal. Many say that the joint meeting was a sensational meeting in which every single seat in the House chamber was taken with many Newspapers on the wild. Wilson made it clear in that meeting that tariff changes were needed. The Act was passed in the House with 281 - 139 with a 142 lead on May 18, 2013. This Act is known as the Revenue Act of 1913, Tariff Act, Underwood Tariff, and the Underwood Tariff Act. This Tax act was a major triumph for Wilson. This act also provided the establishing of the federal income tax to compensate for the loss of revenue from the reduction of tariff