Chapter 6, Section 4: Taft and Wilson

How did tafts approach to progresivism split the republican party

Taft signed a bill on tariffs and wanted public land for private use.

Federal Reserve Act

This law, passed in 1913, created a central fund from which banks could borrow to prevent collapse during a financial panic

Woodrow Wilson

an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

Brownsville Incident

an incident of racial injustice that occurred in 1906 in the southwestern United States due to resentment by white residents of Brownsville, Texas, of the Buffalo Soldiers, black soldiers in a segregated unit stationed at nearby Fort Brown.

New Freedom

called for tariff reductions, banking reforms, and stronger antitrust legislation

Nineteenth Amendment

gave women full voting rights. The Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote.

Sixteenth Amendment

granted congress the power to levy taxes based on individual income. Per the sixteenth amendment congress was granted the power to levy taxes based on individual income

Alice Paul

in 1913 broke away from NAWSA and formed the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage was formed by Alice Paul who broke away from the NAWSA.

Hiram W. Johnson

initially a leading American progressive and then a Liberal Isolationist Republican politician from California. He served as the 23rd Governor of California from 1911 to 1917 and as a United States Senator from 1917 to 1945. Hiram W. Johnson served as governor and senator for California and the United States.

William Howard Taft

the 27th President of the United States and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices.William Howard Taft was the 27th president.

Clayton Antitrust Act

which clarified and extended the Sherman Antitrust Act. Passed in 1914, the Clayton Antitrust Act prohibited companies from buying the stock of competing companies in order to form a monopoly. The law also supported workers by making strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing legal for the first time.

How did progressivism affect African Americans

During the Progressive Era, racism affected many aspects of American society. ... The grandfather clause essentially allowed poor, uneducated whites to vote, but denied African Americans the right to vote. Racial tension was not limited to the South.

What was wilsons New Freedom reform plan

Wilson's New Freedom reform plan was tariff reduction, banking reforms, and stronger antitrust laws.

How did women gain the right to vote in national elections

Women gained the right to vote in national elections by the 19th Amendment. This granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women's suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest