Chapter 29!
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| 572448078 | (Woodrow) Wilson | 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize | |
| 572448079 | New Freedom | Woodrow Wilson's domestic policy that promoted antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking and currency matters. | |
| 572448080 | New Nationalism | Roosevelt's progressive political policy that favored heavy government intervention in order to assure social justice | |
| 572448081 | (Herbert) Croly | Political theorist that argued that the government should use its regulatory and taxation powers to promote the welfare of its citizens. | |
| 572448082 | Underwood Tariff Bill | Pushed through Congress by Woodrow Wilson, this 1913 tariff reduced average tariff duties by almost 15% and established a graduated income tax | |
| 572448083 | 16th Amendment | Amendment that legalized the income tax | |
| 572448084 | Federal Reserve Act (1913) | This act created a central banking system, consisting of twelve regional banks governed by the Federal Reserve Board. It was an attempt to provide the United States with a sound yet flexible currency. The Board it created still plays a vital role in the American economy today. | |
| 572448085 | Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) | Established to preserve competition by preventing unfair business practices and investigate complaints against companies. | |
| 572448086 | Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914) | Lengthened Sherman Anti-Trust Act's list of practices. Exempted labor unions from being called trusts, legalized strikes and peaceful picketing by labor union members. | |
| 572448087 | Federal Farm Loan Act (1916) | Congressional measure making credit available to farmers at low rates of interest | |
| 572448088 | Jones Act (1916) | The act that granted the Phillipines territorial status and promised independence as soon as stable government was achieved | |
| 572448089 | (Victoriano) Huerta | He was a Mexican military officer and President of Mexico who was also leader of the violent revolution that took place in 1913. | |
| 572448090 | Pancho Villa | Mexican revolutionary who killed many Americans in Mexico. The United States sent John J Pershing to capture him but never did. | |
| 572448091 | Central Powers | World War I alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire | |
| 572448092 | Lusitania | This British liner was sunk in 1915, by German U-Boats, causing Wilson to issue a stern warning to the Germans, telling them not to attack unarmed vessels "without warning". | |
| 572448093 | Sussex Pledge (1916) | A torpedo from a German submarine hit a french passenger liner, called the Sussex in march 1916. Wilson demanded the Germans refrain from attacking passenger ships. In this statement, Germany said they would temporarily stop these attacks but might have to resume in the future if the British continued to blockade German ports. | |
| 572448094 | Debs | Represented the Socialist Party in the 1908 and 1912 elections; high number of votes in the 1912 election made Socialists think that they would win the presidency in 1916 | |
| 572448095 | Pujo | was a member of the United States House of Representatives best known for chairing the "(name) Committee", which sought to expose an anticompetitive conspiracy among some of the nation's most powerful financial interests. | |
| 572448096 | Brandeis | A prominent reformer and Attorney in "Muller vs. Oregon" (1908) that persuaded Supreme Court to accept constitutionality of laws protecting women workers saying conditions are harder on women's weaker bodies. Wrote book "Other People's Money and How Bankers use it" (1914) that pushed reform within the banks. Nominated in 1916 by Woodrow Wilson for Supreme Court. | |
| 572448097 | Carranza | He became president of Mexico in 1914. He succeeded the harsh President Huerta. He at first supported Wilson's sending General Pershing into Mexico to look for the criminal Pancho Villa, but when he saw the number of troops he became outraged and opposed Wilson. | |
| 572448098 | Pershing | was an American general who led troops against "Pancho" Villa in 1916. He took on the Meuse-Argonne offensive in 1918 which was one of the longest lasting battles- 47 days in World War I. He was the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. | |
| 572448099 | 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 | |
| 572448100 | Hughes | He was a Republican governor of New York who was a reformer. He was later a supreme court justice who ran for President against Woodrow Wilson in 1916. The Democrats said that if he won then the country would end up going to war. He lost a very close race for the position to Wilson. | |
| 572448101 | Seaman's Act | the 1915 act requiring decent wages, treatment, and food for those in the merchant marine | |
| 572448102 | Workingmen's Compensation Act | granted assistance of federal civil-service employees during periods of instability but was invalidated by the Supreme Court. | |
| 572448103 | Adamson Act | established an eight-hour workday with overtime pay. | |
| 572448104 | Allies | World War I alliance that included Britain, France, Russia, and later the United States and Italy. | |
| 572448105 | Arabic | with the sinking of this British liner in August 1915, the Germans agreed not to sink unarmed ships without warning |
