CHAPTER 30.1 – Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad
The “Bull Moose” Campaign of 1912
 Wilson’s background (see intro)
 Progressive party convention
“New Freedom”
Bull Moose Party
o candidate for President
o New Nationalism approach:
o New Freedom approach:
Woodrow Wilson: A Minority President
 result of election of 1912 (& “real winner”?)
 impact of the Progressive Party
 Taft’s next job
Wilson: The Idealist in Politics
 Wilson’s view of government
orator
 Wilson’s personal weaknesses
Wilson Tackles the Tariff
 Underwood Tariff Bill
“triple wall of
privilege”
o 16th Amendment
Wilson Battles the Bankers
 need for banking reform (see also political cartoon on pg. 693)
*“inelasticity” (of
currency)
 Federal Reserve Act, 1913 & its reforms
Answer: How was the Federal Reserve System different than the banking system that existed in the
U.S. in 1913?
The President Tames the Trusts
 Federal Trade Commission Act, 1914
 Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914
“Magna Carta of
Labor”
o benefits to labor
Wilsonian Progressivism at High Tide
 other progressive reforms
 Brandeis
Answer: Describe some of the positive and negative outcomes of Wilson’s progressive legislation and
actions.