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EWS-Politics 1912-1920 x (Context (Election (A majority of vote, Had…
EWS-Politics 1912-1920 x
Context
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'The New Freedom' was his general purpose to create conditions of greater economic opportunity for Farmers , laborers and small business.
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Banking Reform
Federal Reserve Act 1913 allowed balance between big business and community - allowed banks to control themselves without government interference
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1923 70% of nations resources in the Federal Reserve , still in use today
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Social reforms
Labourers
First Federal Child Labor Act 1916 tried to deal with the 2 mil under 16 workers and barred child labor goods from being traded interstate But it was rules unconstitutional in 1918
1916 Workmen's Compensation Act said employees off work for illness or injury received financial assistance
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showed little sympathy towards unions in 1913 coal miners on strike in Ludlow Colorado. After eviction set up tents and were shot at with 26 killed . Wilson sent federal troops to restore order
African Americans
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in 1912 he won the support of the NAACP's black intellectuals and white liberals by promising equality and to fight lynching .
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Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels asked for no communal towels or drinking fountains and Wilson agreed as he believed segregation was just