The Democratic Party and Woodrow Wilson

• Which Democrat served as President over two terms, 1913-1921?

  Woodrow Wilson
• Which three rival candidates did he defeat in the 1912 presidential election?

  Theodore Roosevelt (Prog.), William Taft (Rep.), Eugene Debs (Socialist)
• Which national federation of trade unions represented workers' interests after its foundation in 1886?

  American Federation of Labour (AFL)
• Who founded the AFL and served as its president from 1886-1924?

  Samuel Gompers
• What did President Wilson call his programme of reforms after 1912?

  New Freedoms
• Which tariff did Wilson introduce, and by how much did it slash rates?

  Underwood Simmons Tariff (1913), 20%
• Which Act created the Federal Reserve System, establishing a central bank under public regulation and control?

  Federal Reserve Act (1913)
• Which ACt extended the powers of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

  Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)
• Name three other Progressive laws passed during Wilson's presidency?

  Adamson Act, Federal Highway Act, Federal Farm Loan Act
• What was the purpose of the 16th amendment (1913)?

  graduated income tax
• What was the purpose of the 17th Amendment (1913)?

  Direct election of senators
• What was the purpose of the 18th Amendment (1913)?

  Prohibition of Alcohol
• What was the purpose of the 19th Amendment (1913)? Women's suffrage
• Which Republican rival did Wilson defeat in the 1916 presidential election?

  Charles Evan Hughes