Chapter 32
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- Woodrow Wilson
- 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize
- Eugene V. Debs
- He was the president and the organizer of the American Railway Union. He organized the Pullman Strike and helped organized the Social Democratic party.
- Pancho Villa
- A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. An outlaw in his youth, when the revolution started, he formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico and fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with Emiliano Zapata.
- John J. Pershing
- Commander of American Expeditionary Force of over 1 million troops who insisted his soldiers fight as independent units so US would have independent role in shaping the peace, fought against Pancho Villa
- Kaiser Wilheim II
- German Emperor during WW1, and was the last german emperor and king of Prussia, foolishly dismissed nationalist diplomat Bismarck. Gave up his throne when defeated. Went into exile.
- Underwood Tariff Bill
- October 13, 1913 - Lowered tariffs on hundreds of items that could be produced more cheaply in the U.S. than abroad.
- Sixteenth Amendment
- The constitutional amendment adopted in 1913 that explicitly permitted Congress to levy an income tax.
- Federal Reserve Act
- Sparked by the Panic of 1893 and 1907, the 1913 Federal Reserve Act created the Federal Reserve System, which issued paper money controlled by government banks.
- Federal Trade Commission Act
- This law authorized a presidentially-appointed commission to oversee industries engaged in interstate commerce, such as the meatpackers. The commissioners were expected to crush monopolies at the source.
- Clayton Act
- Corrected the problems of the Sherman Antitrust Act; outlawed certain practices that restricted competition; unions on strike could no longer be considered violating the antitrust acts
- Federal Farm Loan Act
- 1916 act by Wilson that made credit available to farmers at low interest, something that was long-demanded by populists.
- Workingmen's Compensation
- gave asistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of disability; indirectly bettered the safety of working conditions
- Central Powers
- in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies
- Allies
- in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers
- Lusitania
- British passenger boat sunk by a German submarine that claimed 1,000 lives. One of main reasons Amereica decided to join the war as 139 Americans were killed.