Ap Us History
Ayesha Khan
AP US History
3/16/13
Presidential Outline # I. Name: Woodrow Wilson DOB: December 28, 1856 DOD: February 3, 1924 II. Education: Davidson College; Princeton University; University of Virginia; Johns Hopkins University
Occupation: Academic; Historian; Political scientist III. Terms of Office: March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 IV. Prominent Issues: In the campaign Wilson promoted the "New Freedom", emphasizing limited federal government and opposition to monopoly powers, often after consultation with his chief advisor Louis D. Brandeis. In the contest for the Republican nomination, President William Howard Taft defeated former president Theodore Roosevelt, who then ran as a Bull Moose Party candidate, which assisted in Wilson 's success in the electoral college. Wilson took 41.8% of the popular vote and won 435 electoral votes from 40 states. It is not clear if Roosevelt cost fellow Republican Taft, or fellow progressive Wilson more support V. Opponents: VI. Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall VII. Party: Democratic VIII. Domestic Happenings:
16th Amendment: The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results. This amendment exempted income taxes from the constitutional requirements regarding direct taxes, after income taxes on rents, dividends, and interest were ruled to be direct taxes in Pollock v. Farmers ' Loan & Trust Co. (1895). It was ratified on February 3, 1913.
17th Amendment: The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article I, & 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, allowing for state legislatures to permit their
AP US History
3/16/13
Presidential Outline # I. Name: Woodrow Wilson DOB: December 28, 1856 DOD: February 3, 1924 II. Education: Davidson College; Princeton University; University of Virginia; Johns Hopkins University
Occupation: Academic; Historian; Political scientist III. Terms of Office: March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 IV. Prominent Issues: In the campaign Wilson promoted the "New Freedom", emphasizing limited federal government and opposition to monopoly powers, often after consultation with his chief advisor Louis D. Brandeis. In the contest for the Republican nomination, President William Howard Taft defeated former president Theodore Roosevelt, who then ran as a Bull Moose Party candidate, which assisted in Wilson 's success in the electoral college. Wilson took 41.8% of the popular vote and won 435 electoral votes from 40 states. It is not clear if Roosevelt cost fellow Republican Taft, or fellow progressive Wilson more support V. Opponents: VI. Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall VII. Party: Democratic VIII. Domestic Happenings:
16th Amendment: The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results. This amendment exempted income taxes from the constitutional requirements regarding direct taxes, after income taxes on rents, dividends, and interest were ruled to be direct taxes in Pollock v. Farmers ' Loan & Trust Co. (1895). It was ratified on February 3, 1913.
17th Amendment: The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article I, & 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, allowing for state legislatures to permit their
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