17.5
 1914: Clayton Anti-Trust
Act
 Outlawed certain biz
practices
 Strikes are legal
 1914: Federal Trade
Commission Act
 Prez appointed team
looks into any biz that
conducts interstate
trade
 1913 – Wilson calls
Congress to session and
demands a decrease in
tariffs
 Underwood Tariff
 Reduced the rates
 Public support for
reduction rises
 Adopts income tax to
defray lost $$ for gov’t
 Banking is focused in
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NYC & Boston
Need ways to get $$ and
credit all over nation
1913: Federal Reserve Act
Could issue money in
emergencies
US divided into 12
districts
 Young, college educated women join movement
 Influenced by English women’s movement
 Protests and heckle politicians
 National Movement (NAWSA) led by Carrie Chapman Catt
 Working state by state
 Alice Paul forms National Women’s Party
 Works for national amendment
 Picket White House
 Go to jail; hunger strike
 1919: Women support in WW I finally gains them the right
to vote
 19th Amendment