Objectives: 1. Describe Woodrow Wilsons background and the progressive reforms of his presidency. 2. Explain the steps leading to womens suffrage 3. Sum.

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Objectives: 1. Describe Woodrow Wilsons background and the progressive reforms of his presidency. 2. Explain the steps leading to womens suffrage 3. Sum up the limits of Wilsons Progressivism 17.5 Wilsons New Freedom Slide 2 ELECTION OF 1912 Roosevelt loses Republican nomination Roosevelt seizes Progressive Republican League from La Follette and it becomes Bull Moose Party Democrats nominate Woodrow Wilson Wilsons New Freedom v. TRs Square Deal (Wilson wanted to break up trusts, make govt. smaller) Wilson elected by significant margin, but still as a MINORITY president REAL WINNER: Progressivism Slide 3 Map: Presidential Election, 1912 Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Presidential Election, 1912 Though he won a minority of the popular votes, Woodrow Wilson captured so many states that he achieved an easy victory in the electoral college. Slide 4 http://elections.harpweek.com/1912/cartoons/1102120026d5w.jpg Slide 5 http://elections.harpweek.com/1912/cartoons/050 4120007d5w.jpg Slide 6 http://elections.harpweek.com/1912/cartoons/0803120001d12w.jpg Slide 7 Wilson and Taft Having just squared off in the 1912 election campaign, the two politicians share a light moment before Wilson's inauguration on March 4, 1913. (Library of Congress) Wilson and Taft Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Slide 8 Woodrow Wilson Only 2 nd Democratic President since 1861 Idealistic (hard to compromise a problem later) Reformer with popular appeal in era of party machines Governor of NJ Family ties with the South Academic President of Princeton Slide 9 WILSONS NEW FREEDOM =To attack the triple wall of privilege: TRUSTSTARIFFSHIGH FINANCE Slide 10 WILSONS PROGRESSIVE AGENDA TRUST-BUSTING : Federal Trade Act, 1914 Federal Trade Commission Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914 strengthen Sherman Anti-Trust Act Slide 11 WILSONS PROGRESSIVE AGENDA A NEW TAX SYSTEM ( = REDUCE TARIFFS=LESS FEDERAL INCOME) Underwood Tariff Bill (1913): 1 st reduction since Civil War Sixteenth Amendment: Federal graduated income tax (starts at $4,000) Slide 12 WILSONS PROGRESSIVE AGENDA HIGH FINANCE: Federal Reserve Act creates Federal Reserve System. (Fed. Government could now quickly adjust the amount of money in circulation and make credit more available) 12 Regions with a federal reserve branch Could help local banks that ran into trouble Slide 13 WILSONS NEW FREEDOM =To attack the triple wall of privilege: TRUSTSTARIFFSHIGH FINANCE Slide 14 How does this statement reflect Wilsons approach to reform? Support your answer. Wilson said, Without the watchful resolute interference of the government, there can be no fair play between individuals and the trust. Slide 15 http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/faces/WomenVoters.jpg Suffragettes gather in Downtown Detroit to advocate participation in the League of Women Voters, c. 1920 Woman Suffrage Slide 16 RESULT: Successes in WA, CA, KS, OR, and AZ Failure in MI, OH, and WI In 1910 Women could vote in federal election only in WY, UT, CO, ID Suffragettes began organizing women of all classes Carrie Chapman Catt, national leader of NAWSA (National Amer. Woman Suffrage Assoc.) CATTs STRATEGY: 1. Highly organized 2. Close ties b/w local, state, and natl. associations 3. Cautious lobbying 4. Lady-like behavior Slide 17 Election Day Critics of the woman-suffrage movement, including this cartoonist, believed that women's place was in the home, not in the public sphere. (Library of Congress) Election Day Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Slide 18 NEW TACTICS: National Womans Party Mrs. Carrie C. Catt addressing the Congress of the International Women's Suffrage. 5/29/1923. Cleveland Public Library Photograph Collection http://www.cpl.org/suffrage/SUFFRAGE3.jpg Preceding the inauguration of Wilson there was a near riot as 5,000 women marched, demanding the vote for women. The march was led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns Slide 19 Steadfast Effort Slide 20 WOMENS THREE PART SUFFRAGE STRATEGY (pp. 518-519) Slide 21 Slide 22 Nineteenth Amendment: Granting Women Suffrage (1920) Womens continuous lobbying, and the combined strategies of Catt and Paul, as well as womens contributions to WWI, finally pay off. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume3/chapter16/images/321-c.jpg https://www.hosenose.com/ssl/goingpostal/search_results.asp?txtsearchParamTxt=landarmy2&txtsearchParamCat=5 4&txtsearchParamType4&txtsearchParamType=ALL&iLevel=1&txtsearchParamMan=ALL&txtsearchParamVen=ALL&txtFromSearch= fromSearch&btnSearch.x=0&btnSearch.y=0 Slide 23 Compare and Contrast Alice Paul and Carrie Catt Slide 24 TERMS Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Trade Commission Federal Reserve System Nineteenth Amendment Objectives: 1. Describe Woodrow Wilsons background and the progressive reforms of his presidency. 2. Explain the steps leading to womens suffrage 3. Sum up the limits of Wilsons Progressivism