Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. He ran for president and his opponents were Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft. His main goal in his campaign was to make the Federal Reserve System. He was concentrated only on doing this because it would help against any new economic crisis that would occur in the United States. He passed this to help the economy because of the economic difficulties that the Panic of 1907 had left behind. His main goal was to have the Federal Reserve System so that we can be prepared for any other financial crisis. He also passed the Underwood tariff which lowered the federal income tax. He dealt with Mexico, Haiti, Cuba and Panama. The U.S. troops had troops in Nicaragua where they passed the Bryan-Chamorro Treaty. He was involved in World War I were he was forced to enter because of the attacks on United States civilians on ships in Europe. He was part of the Peace Conference in 1919 and fought for the League of Nations. Wilson was involved in the Federal Reserve Act, Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act and the Revenue Act of 1913.
He visited Paris in 1919 in order to create the League of Nations and for the Treaty of Versailles. He also made the 14 points which dealt with ending World War I and maintaining peace for after. In a speech to Congress on January 8, 1918, Wilson said America's war aims. He created the Seaman's Act of 1915 improved working conditions for merchant sailors.