The turn of century was an important time for pre-WWI America. National andinternational affairs were in full swing, just as ever. America was trying hard to remainwith its Isolationism, yet could in no way thoroughly do so. Yet with this isolationisticstance, that was deteriorating daily, much emphasis was put onto national affairs of theUnited States by the government. Woodrow Wilson, the third president of this newcentury, also had great concern with the national affairs of the U.S. Elected in 1912,Wilson strongly believed in a government more concerned about human rights thanproperty rights (Comptons). Through these strong idealistic views, Wilson was in factthe president of the common people. He proved this through his efforts for farmers andother laborers. This also seen through his New Freedom basis of government, asopposed to President Roosevelts New Nationalist form of government. On top of this,Wilsons flood of social welfare legislation proved that he was definitely president of thecommon people.One thing must be known about Wilson before anything else. That is the fact thathe was a strong idealist. He had great visions of how to make the U.S. a better nation forall. This is illustrated trough his many Acts that he sent through congress. He put in placemany systems that help benefit all the common people. Though he did not always followall the way through with his plans (he more or less put them in place and left them), hisstrong devotion to the common people being treated equally cannot be overseen. The factis that Wilson truly cared about the farmer and the working man. For example, it isknown that he promised to return state government to the people (Bailey 703). Hebelieved in the struggles of people as a whole, rather than individually. One act that he putinto place was the Federal Farm Loan Act. Here, Wilson made credit very easilyaccessible to those farmers in need. This law divided the country int...
