#TBT: Woodrow Wilson Redefines The White House

     The Roosevelts are both deservingly remembered for their role in redefining the White House. Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to visit a foreign nation (which was a good indicator of his foreign policy) and wielded executive authority for such projects as antitrust suits and the protection of wilderness areas more aggressively than any president up to that point while also pursuing consumer protection and global peace efforts. His cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, saw Teddy as a role model. He used executive authority to end the Great Depression, guided America through World War II while securing peace in Latin America and establishing the basis of international law, secured the most comprehensive labor laws in history, reorganized the executive office, established Social Security, increased antitrust enforcement and wilderness protection drastically, and more. 

     Woodrow Wilson, too, redefined the White House, and his landmark achievements made history in their own right while also serving as a baseline for modern liberalism as well as executive priorities, in particular. His "New Freedom" was the first time a president had a domestic agenda. It consisted of banking reform, which he achieved with the Federal Reserve Act and the Federal Farm Loan Act; antitrust enforcement, which he achieved with the Clayton Antitrust Act and Federal Trade Commission Act; and tax reform, which he achieved with the Underwood Tariff. Wilson also secured the eight-hour work day with the Adamson Act, granted women the right to vote, signed numerous significant environmental protection laws, and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work promoting the League of Nations, which served as the precursor for the United Nations.