Woodrow Wilson presidency (mar 4, 1913 – mar 4, 1921)
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Wilson supported progressivelegislation programs, planned to eliminate trusts, tariffs, and high finances, oversaw the Clayton Antitrust Act and the Federal Trade Commission(anti-trust agency), establish a decentralized private banking system under the federal control called the Federal Reserve System, the 19th and 16th amendment(established a federal income tax) was passed. placed segregationists in charge of federal agencies(increasing racial segregation throughout the nation), and created the fourteen points.
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Date:
mar 4, 1913
mar 4, 1921
~ 8 years