New Found Glory
President Woodrow Wilson is referred to as a very quiet man; he enjoyed writing and studying rather than long conversations. This hurt his public perception. Throughout all this he was a two-term president and our eighteenth overall, Wilson did break the Republican dominance of the White House after William Jennings Bryan was unsuccessful three different times. New Freedom to Thomas Woodrow Wilson (that being his full legal name) promoted antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking and currency matters. Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt disagreed in this aspect because Wilson strongly opposed Roosevelt's New Nationalism ideas. Wilson was a different kind of President but he still shared the Progressive President title like Roosevelt.
Wilson once stated, "If America is not to have free enterprise she can have freedom of no sort whatever" (wikipedia.com). Wilson one the election of 1912 not because of the majority of the popular votes but electoral votes.
President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declar...
English: President Woodrow Wilson addresses the Un...
English: Woodrow Wilson.Wilson continued to state that New Freedom stood for political and economic liberty from trust. Wilson agreed with Roosevelt that American Government abused his power to even corruption but on how to handle this matter in where they split. Wilson had little political opposition so he was able to carry out his plan of New Freedom.
Wilson started off with the reduction of the tariff on imported goods. Wilson was very aggressive on this matter, "Wilson's aggressive leadership, the House swiftly passed the Underwood Tariff Bill" (707). Wilson provided a landmark in tax legislation and it was under authority thanks to the sixteenth amendment which provided a "$3000 graduated income tax" (707). Wilson got what he wanted and he was a "people pleaser" by urging the people to keep their elected representatives and force the house to pass Wilson's plan. Wilson was well surrounded by...