WHAT WERE THE AIMS OF EACH PIECE
OF LEGISLATION OR CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
• FEDERAL TRADE ACT
– SET UP FEDERAL TRADE COMMSSION WITH
POWER TO INVESTIGATE CORPORATIONS AND
UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES
WHAT WERE THE AIMS OF EACH PIECE
OF LEGISLATION OR CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
• CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT
– STRENGTHENED THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT;
FREED LABOR UNIONS AND FARM
ORGANIZATIONS FROM ANTITRUST LAWS;
PROHIBITED MOST INJUNCTIONS AGAINST
STRIKERS
WHAT WERE THE AIMS OF EACH PIECE
OF LEGISLATION OR CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
• UNDERWOOD TARIFF
– SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED TARIFF RATES FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
WHAT WERE THE AIMS OF EACH PIECE
OF LEGISLATION OR CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
• SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT
– LEGALIZED A FEDERAL INCOME TAX
WHAT WERE THE AIMS OF EACH PIECE
OF LEGISLATION OR CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
• FEDERAL RESERVE ACT
– ESTABLISHED THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, A
DECENTRALIZED PRIVATE BANKING SYSTEM
UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL
WHICH THREE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
FINALLY BROUGHT THE SUCCESS OF
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
WITHIN REACH
• INCREASED ACTIVISM OF LOCAL AND
GRASSROOT GROUPS
• THE USE OF NEW STRATEGIES TO BUILD
ENTHUSIASM
• REGENERATE THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT
UNDER CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT
WHICH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT RECOGNIZED
WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE?
•THE NINETEENTH
AMENDMENT
HOW DID WILSON RETREAT ON CIVIL
RIGHTS?
• OPPOSED FEDERAL ANTILYNICHING
LEGISLATION
• APPOINTED SEGREGATIONISTS TO HIS
CABINET
• FAILED TO OPPOSE THE RESEGREGATION OF
FEDERAL OFFICES