Major Events

Chapter 29 · 1912–1916

Roosevelt forms the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party; Wilson elected

1912

Underwood Tariff and the Sixteenth Amendment income tax

1913

Federal Reserve Act creates a central banking system

1913

U.S. forces occupy Veracruz, Mexico

1914

Clayton Antitrust Act protects labor unions from antitrust law

1914

Federal Trade Commission established

1914

U.S. Marines occupy Haiti

1915

Pancho Villa raids Columbus, New Mexico

1916

Pershing leads the Punitive Expedition into Mexico

1916

Adamson Act mandates an eight-hour day for railroad workers

1916

Wilson reelected on "He Kept Us Out of War"

1916