home to Wilmington, North Carolina

where he continued his studies.

Contributions to the Progressive

Movement: Wilson passed through
Congress three major pieces of
legislation. The first was a lower tariff,
the Underwood Act; attached to the
measure was a graduated Federal income
tax. The passage of the Federal Reserve
Act provided the Nation with the more
elastic money supply it badly needed. In
1914 antitrust legislation established a
Federal Trade Commission to prohibit
unfair business practices. In 1916 he
added one new law that prohibited child
Name: Woodrow Wilson labor; another limited railroad workers
to an eight-hour day.
Title/Position: 28th President of the
United States Quote: “At every crisis in one's life, it is
absolute salvation to have some sympathetic
Background Information: He was born friend to whom you can think aloud without
in Staunton, Virginia on December 28, restraint or misgiving.”
1856. Wilson was over ten years of age
before he learned to read. His difficulty
reading may have indicated dyslexia, but
as a teenager he taught himself
shorthand to compensate. He was able to
achieve academically through
determination and self-discipline. He
studied at home under his father's
guidance and took classes in a small
school in Augusta.During
Reconstruction, Wilson lived in
Columbia, South Carolina, the state
capital, from 1870–1874, where his
father was professor at the Columbia
Theological Seminary. In 1879, Wilson
attended law school at University of
Virginia for one year. Although he never
graduated, during his time at the
University he was heavily involved in
the Virginia Glee Club and the Jefferson
Literary and Debating Society, serving
as the Society's president. His frail
health dictated withdrawal, and he went