LAD #25: President Wilson's 14 Points

The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress on January 8, 1918. The underlying principles of Wilson's 14 points were 1. Self determination of peoples.2. Arms reduction.3. Non punishment.4. Formation of the League of Nations.5. Freedom of the Seas.6. No secret treaties.7. Free and open trade.He concluded his speech with the quote, The moral climax of this the culminating and final war for human liberty has come, and they are ready to put their own strength, their own highest purpose, their own integrity and devotion to the test."

LAD #24: The Clayton Anti-Trust Act

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 was issued to replace the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the Federal law that outlawed practices harmful to consumers (monopolies and anti-competitive agreements). The Clayton Act prohibit’s the use of the Act against labor unions and agricultural organizations. Therefore, boycotts, peaceful strikes, and peaceful picketing are not regulated.

LAD #23: Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

The 1900 census revealed that approximately 2 million children were working in mills, mines, fields, factories, stores, and on city streets across the United States. This statistic marked a national movement against child-labor. The conditions were dangerous and unsanitary, but since children were small and cheap big business saw them as the perfect workers. The Keating-Owen bill of 1916, was based on Senator Albert J. Beveridge's proposal from 1906. It used the government's right to regulate interstate commerce to regulate child labor conditions. The act banned the sale of products from corporations that employed children under the age of 14 for most business‘s, from any mine that employed children under the age of 16, and from any facility that had children under the age of 16, work at night, or for more than 8 hours during the day.

LAD #22: Wilson's First Inaugural

Woodrow Wilson begins his first inaugural address by recognizing how the government has internally changed. The House of Representatives changed to Democratic and Senate was also on its way to change. Democrats controlled the major positions in politics. He speaks of how the US has built a great government that has outlasted time. Since there is great wealth and excess, there is unacceptable waste. "We shall restore, not destroy. We shall deal with our economic system as it is and as it may be modified, not as it might be if we had a clean sheet of paper to write upon..." Wilson then calls on the people of the country to trust him, because the country has been successful before, therefore it will be in the future. He finally asks for dedication from the American People.