Wilsons New Freedom ( ) Video Focused on TRUSTS, TARIFFS, AND HIGH FINANCE

TRUSTS 1. CLAYTON-ANTI TRUST ACT (1914) –Made it harder to form monopolies –Labor unions & farm organizations legal 2. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC) (1914) –watch dog agency –Regulated big business

TARIFFS (tax on imported goods) Lowering tariffs 16 th amendment (1913) –Legalized federal income tax –Taxing peoples earnings and corporate profits –Today…main source of government revenue

BANKING SYSTEMS FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (1913) –Nation wide system of banks –Divided nation into 12 districts with a regional bank in each district –Still serves as basis of nations banking system –districtsdistricts

Womens suffrage Video Video II Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed: NWSA in 1869 Carrie Chapman Catt became leader of NWSA ( )

RATIFICATION OF THE 19 TH AMENDMENT Efforts of women gained national support U.S involvement in WWI 19 th amendment (1919): granted women the right to vote Ratified by ¾ vote of the states in 1920