American Pageant Chap 29
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| 565203694 | Woodrow Wilson | 28th Pres. Democratic candidate 1912 election from south, President of Princeton, Gov of NJ - didn't back down to political bosses Intellectual - didn't like stupid senators, great speaker, most comfortable with academics, stubborn, pushed for social reform | |
| 565203695 | Herbert Croly | Wrote The Promise of American Life (1910}inspired Roosevelt's New Nationalism stated government should control the bad trusts, leaving the good trusts alone and free to operate. | |
| 565203696 | Eugene V. Debs | Socialist Eugene V. Debs racked up over 900,000 popular votes | |
| 565203697 | Arsene Pujo | chaired House committee which traced the tentacles of the "moneymonster" into the hidden vaults of American banking and business. | |
| 565203698 | Victoriano Huerta | full-blooded Indian General - installed as President of Mexico after 1913 revolt...Wilson refused to recognize him, allowed arms to go to Huerta's rivals (Carranza & Pancho Villa) | |
| 565203699 | New Nationalism | Teddy Roosevelt's platform: Government should control bad trusts, federal regulatory agencies, also supported broad social programs and female suffrage | |
| 565203700 | New Freedom | Wilson's Platform - many progressive reforms. Strong anti-trust banking reform, tariff reduction | |
| 565203701 | Underwood Tariff Bill | substantially reduced import fees and enacted a graduated income tax | |
| 565203702 | Louis Brandeis | 1st Jewish American Supreme Court Justice | |
| 565203703 | Federal Reserve Act | created Federal Reserve Board, had the power to issue paper money ("Federal Reserve Notes"). .. this solved the problem with inelastic currency. Gov't cvould issue paper money when needed to increase amount of in circulation | |
| 565203704 | Clayton Act | helped labor -exempted labor unions from being called trusts... now legal to strike. Union leader Samuel Gompers called it Magna Carter of labor | |
| 565203705 | Federal Farm Loan Act | Passed by president Wilson in 1916. Was originally a reform wanted by the Populist party. It gave farmers the chance to get credit at low rates of interest. | |
| 565203706 | Jones Act | granted full territorial status to the Philippines and promised independence as soon as a stable government could be established. | |
| 565203707 | John J. Pershing | sent by Wilson to capture Villa, he got deep into Mexico, clashed with Carranza's and Villa's different forces, but didn't catch Villa | |
| 565203708 | Pancho Villa | combination bandit/freedom fighter, murdered 16 Americans in January of 1916 in Mexico and then killed 19 more a month later in New Mexico. | |
| 565203709 | Venustiano Carranza | President of Mexico after Huerta, resented US interference in Mexico (trying to get rid of Huerta )which almost erupted in battle but was prevented by mediation offer from Argentina, Brazil & Chile | |
| 565203710 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, later Turkey & Bulgaria | |
| 565203711 | Allied Powers (Allies) | France.Great Britain, (Ireland), Russia, later Japan & Italy | |
| 565203712 | Lusitainia | British passenger liner, sunk by Germans killed 1,198 passengers (128 Americans) boat was carrying ammunition. Some Americans..not all wanted revenge against Germany. Wilson didn't want to enter the war | |
| 565203713 | Arabic, Sussex | British(arabic) and French(sussex) passenger ships sunk by Germans, Wilson told Germans he would break off relations with German if they didn't stop sinking ships. | |
| 565203714 | Workingman's Compensation Act | 1916; federal civil service employees get assistance during periods of disability (a.k.a. "worker's comp") | |
| 565203715 | 16th Amendment | Power of Congress to tax incomes | |
| 565203716 | Seaman's Act | Sponsored by Bob LaFollette, the __?__ of 1915 was intended to promote the living and working conditions of seamen serving in the United States Merchant Marine. It applied to vessels in excess of 100 gross tons, excluding river craft. | |
| 565203717 | Adamson Act | 1916 law that established 8 hour workday for railroad workers in order to avert a national strike | |
| 565203718 | Kaiser Wihehm II | Ruler of Germany; congratulated the Boers of South Africa for capturing a British raiding party; this turned British anger toward Germany and prevented a war between the US and Britain over the Venezuelan Crisis | |
| 565203719 | Charles Evans Hughes | Started government regulation of public utilities. He was Secretary of State under Harding and later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was the Republican candidate in 1916, and lost to Wilson by less that 1% of the vote. | |
| 565203720 | Federal Trade Commission Act | This law authorized a presidentially-appointed commission to oversee industries engaged in interstate commerce, such as the meatpackers. The commissioners were expected to crush monopolies at the source. |
