Wilson's Domestic Policies
This 1913 act aimed to lower tariff rates for the first time since the Civil War.
What is the Underwood Tariff?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1913 introduced a federal income tax.
What is the Sixteenth Amendment?
Wilson's intervention in this country was intended to "teach the South American republics to elect good men."
What is Mexico?
The sinking of this British liner in 1915 by a German U-boat greatly angered Americans, pushing the U.S. closer to entering WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
He was the Republican incumbent defeated by Wilson in the 1912 election.
Who is William Howard Taft?
Wilson's policy that targeted the "triple wall of privilege" – tariffs, banks, and trusts.
What is the New Freedom?
This 1916 act aimed to extend credit to rural family farmers.
What is the Federal Farm Loan Act?
In 1914, Wilson repealed this Act that had exempted American coastwise shipping from tolls in the Panama Canal.
What is the Panama Canal Tolls Act?
Wilson's foreign policy was famously summarized in this three-word phrase, advocating moral diplomacy.
What is "Peace Without Victory"?
This former president ran as the Progressive Party candidate in 1912, also known as the "Bull Moose Party."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This act reformed the banking system and established the Federal Reserve System in 1913.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
Enacted in 1916, this law prohibited child labor in industries engaged in interstate commerce.
What is the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act?
This 1916 act promised the Philippines eventual independence, changing its status to that of a territory.
What is the Jones Act?
These 1917 and 1918 acts punished dissent. Which women's rights group was punished under these.
What is the Espionage and Sedition Acts? What was the National Women's Party (NWP) - Alice Paul/Lucy Burns
Wilson won this 1916 reelection slogan, emphasizing his efforts to keep the U.S. out of World War I.
What is "He Kept Us Out of War"?
This 1914 act aimed to strengthen antitrust laws and clarified rules for businesses and protected and supported unions. Known as labor's Magna Carta.
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act?
This amendment proposed in 1918 and ratified in 1920 gave women suffrage (right to vote).
What is the 19th Amendment?
Wilson sent troops to this country in 1915 to protect American interests during political instability.
What is Haiti?
This message was sent by Germany to Mexico proposing a military alliance against the United States, intercepted in 1917.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
What was the political platform of Theodore Roosevelt Called? It expanded upon his Square Deal and added more progressive reforms if elected.
What is the New Nationalism?
This act established the US government agency with the mission to protect consumers and promote competition by enforcing civil antitrust law and preventing deceptive or unfair business practices.
What is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?
This 1913 act attempted to reduce corruption by mandating the direct election of U.S. Senators.
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
In 1916, this General chased the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa who had attacked Columbus, New Mexico.
Who is John J. Pershing?
This 1915 pledge by Germany promised not to sink merchant ships without warning, following international uproar over the Lusitania.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
This major Progressive Party leader and social reformer nominated Roosevelt for the presidency in 1912.
Who is Jane Addams?