《woodrow wilson progressivism 》.ppt

Woodrow Wilson’s Progressivism President of Princeton Uni.(1902-1910) Governor of New Jersey(1911-1913) 28th President of the United States (1913-1921) One of Progressive Movement leaders WWI and peace negotiations Fourteen Points(1918) Sponsor of the League of Nations Nobel Peace Prize laureate Outline Election of 1912 New Freedom Progressive practices Presidential Election of 1912 Wilson VS Teddy Democratic Party Bull Moose Party “New Freedom” “New Nationalism” *Favoring of small enterprise *Woman Suffrage *Increased individual competition *Broad social welfare *Vigorous enforcement of *More aggressive Progressivism anti-trust laws *A free market for the *Increased regulation of economy big business For social justice “We have been proud of our industrial achievements, but we have not hitherto stopped thoughtfully enough to count the human cost…the fearful physical and spiritual cost to the men and women and children upon whom the dead weight and burden of it all has fallen pitilessly the years through.” ~Wilson’s inaugural address New Freedom *Wilson’s philosophy of government *Progressive lawyer Louis Brandeis offered a model of thought for Wilson to combat Roosevelt and his new nationalism. *Center of the New Freedom: regulated competition without the growth of government. “Both of us (Wilson and Brandeis) have as an object the prevention of monopoly, monopoly is created by unregulated competition.” ~Woodrow Wilson “Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.” ~~Woodrow Wilson