Domestic accomplishments:
Triple wall of privilege: tariffs, banking, and trusts.
1. Passed a slew of domestic reforms, including the Federal Reserve Act (creating the Federal Reserve), 2. Federal Trade Commission Act (stopping unfair trade practices),
3. Clayton Antitrust Act (making certain business practices illegal),
4. Federal Farm Loan Act (providing issuance of low-cost long-term mortgages to farmers),
5. Adamson Act (imposing 8-hour workdays for railroads),
6. an graduated income tax rater from 1 to 6
7. Child Labor Act (prohibiting products made by children under 14),
8. advocate for women's suffrage
9. the Underwood Tariff (Tariff reduction)
Foreign policy accomplishments:
1. Led the US into WWI (the Great War) in 1917
2. Passed the Espionage Act and Sedition Act to shore up wartime support and suppress anti-war opinions
Woodrow Wilson
Domestic accomplishments:
Triple wall of privilege: tariffs, banking, and trusts.
1. Passed a slew of domestic reforms, including the Federal Reserve Act (creating the Federal Reserve), 2. Federal Trade Commission Act (stopping unfair trade practices),
3. Clayton Antitrust Act (making certain business practices illegal),
4. Federal Farm Loan Act (providing issuance of low-cost long-term mortgages to farmers),
5. Adamson Act (imposing 8-hour workdays for railroads),
6. an graduated income tax rater from 1 to 6
7. Child Labor Act (prohibiting products made by children under 14),
8. advocate for women's suffrage
9. the Underwood Tariff (Tariff reduction)
Foreign policy accomplishments:
1. Led the US into WWI (the Great War) in 1917
2. Passed the Espionage Act and Sedition Act to shore up wartime support and suppress anti-war opinionsWoodrow Wilson
Domestic accomplishments:
Triple wall of privilege: tariffs, banking, and trusts.
1. Passed a slew of domestic reforms, including the Federal Reserve Act (creating the Federal Reserve), 2. Federal Trade Commission Act