Woodrow Wilson 1912 presidential campaign platform

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The Woodrow Wilson 1912 presidential campaign platform, known as the "New Freedom," emphasized antitrust reforms, tariff reduction, and banking restructuring to promote greater economic opportunity and limit corporate power in the United States.

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instanceOf United States presidential campaign platform
political platform
advocatedBy Woodrow Wilson
aimedAt protecting consumers
small business opportunity
comparedWith Theodore Roosevelt 1912 presidential campaign platform
contrastedWith New Nationalism
country United States
electionYear 1912
emphasizedPolicy antitrust reform
banking restructuring
tariff reduction
emphasizedValue competition over monopoly
individual liberty in economic life
focus competition in the marketplace
economic reform
regulation of large corporations
goal limit corporate power
promote greater economic opportunity
hasName New Freedom
historicalSignificance helped define Wilsonian progressivism
ideologicalLabel New Freedom
influencedLegislation Clayton Antitrust Act
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Trade Commission Act
opposedBy Progressive Party 1912 platform
Republican Party 1912 platform
opposedConcept concentrated economic power
policyDomain economic policy
monetary and banking policy
regulation of business
politicalParty Democratic Party
resultedIn Woodrow Wilson election as President of the United States
slogan New Freedom
supportedReform lower tariffs
reform of the banking system
stronger antitrust enforcement
targetedIssue concentrated financial control
high protective tariffs
trusts
timeframe 1912 United States presidential election
timePeriod Progressive Era

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New Freedom domestic program inception Woodrow Wilson 1912 presidential campaign platform