LAD 31 Wilson's 14 Points

At the close of World War 1, on January 8th 1918, Wilson gave his 14 points. These points were meant to reassure the people that the war was needed and was promoted to promote peace and prevent another world war. Wilson wanted to promote the countries unity in order to prosper. A summary of the fourteen points follows:
1.  Public Diplomacy rather than private/secret.
2. Freedom of the seas during war and peace
3. Equal Trade conditions
4. A reduce of the size of National armies
5. Readjust the colonial claims
6. Evacuation of Russian Territory in order to create peace prosperity
7.  Evacuation of Belgium in order to restore it.
8. Freedom of French Territory
9. Adjust Italy Territory.
10. For the people of Austria-Hungry to have free opportunities
11. Montenegro, Romania and Serbia to be evacuated and restored
12. Minorities in Turkey protected and a free passage of ships in Dardanelles
13. Poland Independence
14. League of Nations formed in order to avoid any future conflict

LAD 30 Schenck v. United States

On March 3rd, 1919, the Schenck v. United States created a historical decision. Schenck was accused of  his socialist views and his conspiracy of violating the Espionage Act. He was attempting to stop recruitment of the military. Schenck felt that he had these rights based on the first amendment, freedom of speech. When he went to the Supreme court, the United States won the case unanimously. Supreme Court Chief Justice, Holmes said that Schenck's remarks were impeding the war effort and that his efforts were creating "a clear and present danger". During war, Holmes, as well as, many other American's believed some liberties must be put on hold for the sake of the country. This landmark decision set the standards of civil liberties during war.

LAD #29 Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

The Keating-Owen act was passed in 1916 based upon Senator Albert Beveridge's proposal in 1906. Beveridge proposed, with the help of the government, to interfere and fight against child labor. This act was pushed on by Edward Keating and Robert Owen. It banned the sale of products form ANY factory that employed children that were younger than 14, or any children under the age of 16 that worked in a mine. It also wanted to ban the sale of products from factories that employed children under 16 that were working for more than 8 hours. The law was successfuly passed until 1918, when it was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court decision of Hammer v. Dagenhart. It was declared so because the court did not believe the federal government could interfere with interstate trade. This Act was a stepping stone for the Fair Labor Standards of 1938, which set standard laws for employment, and allowed laws for children to work.

LAD #28 Wilson's First Inaugrual Address

Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1912, and his first part of his address, addressed the recent changes in government and the new laws that stopped business corruption. Wilson, being a democrat was thrilled with the fact that mostly democrats held federal power, and thrilled by the success of his party. Wilson tells all Americans that he will take a fresh start in governing America, and it is the utmost important to keep it strong. Wilson pushes that America is a great country with a great moral standing, it is is important to stay away from the evil in the outside world. While America was bombing industrially, the American Government took a step back, and it is the utmost importance to have to government intervening. Wilson finishes his speech exclaiming that the Americans need to realize the costs and effects of industrialization  in order to create a better country.

LAD #27 Clayton Anti-Trust Act

The Clayton Anti-Trust act was passed in 1914 in order to eliminate corruption in businesses. This act stopped businessmen from charging unfair prices to different customers. This set a non-changeable price for a product no matter who was buying the product. This act was not supposed to stop normal businesses or stop prices from fluctuating. If this was to happen, the government had the right to intervene in order to stop the discrimination. This act was put in place as a back up to the Sherman Anti-Trust act, and was a more descriptive in that it stopped discrimination in business. Also this act pushed for competition in business, in order to keep a fair market for customers.  The main goal of this act was to prohibit big businesses from making monopolies and creating corruption throughout America.