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A president with little political experience, Wilson intended to focus on domestic matters and spent his first years pushing through important legislation for the country. PRESIDENT WILSON Woodrow Wilson was 55 years old when he was inaugurated as president on March 4, 1913. In less than three years’ time, he experienced a meteoric rise, from living as a private citizen who had never held public office to occupying the highest political office in the nation. Upon Wilson’s inauguration, his family moved into the White House.
Q 7/17/03 11:20 PM Page 54 WOODROW WILSON liked to entertain, and people liked to come to the parties she held at the White House. As he had hoped, Woodrow Wilson was able to concentrate mostly on domestic affairs during his first years as president. As dedicated as ever, he set right to work. He pushed some very important legislation through Congress. ” Wilson also at himself after he won the presidential election of 1912 foug ht hard for the Federal Reser ve Act, which established 12 Federal Reserve banks that would be run by a board of people appointed by the president.
This meant that private bankers lost a great deal of their power to set interest rates and that the government could better control how much money was in circulation at any one time. Wilson also battled for antitrust legislation and labor laws. POLITICAL UNREST IN MEXICO Wilson had no experience in foreign affairs when he entered office as president, having only served the public as a state governor. ” Nevertheless, when turmoil broke out in Mexico, he felt he had no choice but to intervene. He did not intend to try to take over Mexico, but he did want a say in who governed that country.