18.4
Objectives:
1. Explain the achievements of the
Wilson Administration in the areas
of tariffs, banking reforms, and
business regulation.
2. Discuss the 19th amendment.
Bellringer
List the Progressive Amendments.
Compare/Share HW
1. What contributions did the Taft
administration make to reform?
2. What did T. Roosevelt accomplish through
his Square Deal?
3. How did the Galveston Hurricane help to
produce a new political structure for the
cities?
4. What were the conditions like in the Middle
Passage?
Intro
• Who is the current Speaker of the
House?
• Discuss women’s roles in the
government.
BODY-NOTES
D. Wilson’s New Freedom
1. Reform on Many Fronts
a. Underwood Tariff Act (1913)
1.)
lowest tariff in 50 years
graduated income tax
2.)
to make up difference in gov’s income
b. Banking- Federal Reserve Act (1913)
1.) 3 level system
a.) Federal Reserve Board
b.) 12 Federal Reserve Banks
(serve banks NOT individuals)
c.) Private Banks = could borrow $
from Federal Reserve Banks
2.) Designed to make $
supply/economy more secure
2. Wilson and Big Business
a. Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)
1.) expanded Sherman Antitrust
Act
2.) defined what corporations could
NOT do (ex; they could not
consistently sell BELOW cost)
b. Federal Trade Commisson
(1914)
1.) investigate corporations
2.) take corporations to court
3. Wilson and The Workers
a. Federal Farm Loan Act –
low interest loans
b. Adamson Act –
8 hour workday for RR
workers
c. Federal Workman’s
Compensation Act – only applied
to Federal employees hurt on the
job
d. Keating-Owen Child
Labor Act (1916)
1.) outlawed
interstate sale of
products produced
by child labor
2.) ruled
UNCONSTITUTIO
NAL
4. 19th Amendment (1920)
a. Women’s suffrage
b. Leaders
1.) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
2.) Susan B. Anthony
3.) Alice Paul
4.) Carrie Chapman Catt
Closure
Go over the Progressive Amendments
(16, 17, 18, 19, 20) –
HOMEWORK
If you did not create a blank grid for
the DBQ you need to do so tonight
(be SURE to follow the DBQ
instructions – read and highlight the
Historical Context and the Task.
This essay will be your test on
Chapters 17 and 18.