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The Progressive Era
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Taft's Election
Taft became President on March 4th, 1909. His predecessor being Theodore Roosevelt. He didn't push Presidential power. He graduated from Yale University, 2nd of his class. -
Taft and Women's Suffrage
In April 1910, Taft was the first president to agree to speak at a convention regarding women's rights. Unfortunately, he offended the women by calling them uneducated/unintelligent. He didn't agree with what the women wanted, so he didn't help the cause -
Federal Children's Bureau
President Taft approved and signed it on April 9th, 1912. It was in response to child labor and the mortality rates of children. It also deals with foster care, orphanages, and child health. They wanted to know why babies were dying before their first birthday. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft promoted the "Dollar Diplomacy" which was from 1909 to 1913. The "Dollar Diplomacy" were loans that were used abroad and mainly in Central America. It helped finance railways in Canton, China. It also helped further economic development in those countries. -
16th Amendment
The 16th Amendment was passed July 2nd 1909 and was ratified February 3rd 1913. It requires people to give a percent of their income, so the government can fund things like the army. I t raised national revenue to 13 million dollars. -
Woodrow Wilson's first election
Wilson's first term as president was marked with hardship. World War I began across the Atlantic Ocean. Wilson became president because the Republican Party had split, and in his inaugural address, Wilson reiterated his agenda for lower tariffs and banking reform, as well as aggressive trust and labor legislation. Wilson was a leading Progressive, arguing for a stronger central government and fighting for anti-trust legislation and labor rights. -
The creation of the Department of Labor
At the end of his presidency, Taft signed the Department of Labor bill, which helps the safety, wage regulations and other regulations pertaining to work. Initially the Department consisted of the new U.S. Conciliation Service, which resolved labor disputes, plus four pre-existing bureaus. -
World War I
Though he pledged to keep America out of World War I, Wilson was obliged to declare war on Germany after the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in early 1917. He was relatively uninterested in military affairs, but was able to organize the American economy to provide the food the army needed to fight in France. At the end of the war, Wilson became the first president to leave the country during his administration when he sailed for Paris to negotiate the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. -
Woodrow Wilson's Second Election
President Wilson was up for reelection during these trying political times. He ran under the slogan "He kept us out of war." In 1916 he defeated Republican Charles Evans Hughes by one of the narrowest victories in history. The election came down to California, which Wilson won by 1500 votes, and then gathered enough electoral votes to win. -
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points was a speech of ideals for peace that was to be used for negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined on January 8, 1918 ,on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson. Europeans generally welcomed Wilson's ideals but his main Allied colleagues (France, The United Kingdom, and Italy) were skeptical of the appropriateness of Wilson's ideals. The speech took progressive ideas and change them to foreign policy. -
Treaty of Versailles
America’s participation helped bring victory for the Allies, and on November 11, 1918, an agreement was signed by the Germans. At the Peace Conference in Paris, which opened in January 1919 and included the British, French and Italian governments, Wilson helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles. The agreement included the League of Nations, an alliance intended to stop international disputes and prevent future wars. Wilson had initially said for the idea of the League in a speech to the U.S. -
Woodrow Wilson and Domestic Issues
Wilson’s second administration saw the coming of two significant constitutional amendments. The era of Prohibition was presented on January 17, 1920, when the 18th Amendment, banned the manufacturing and sale of alcohol, went into effect following its ratification one year earlier. In 1919, Wilson vetoed the National Prohibition Act, designed to enforce the 18th Amendment; however, his veto was overridden by Congress. exclusion lasted until 1933, when it was repealed by the 21st Amendment.
