Inaugural Address

Wilson's inaugural address was not a speech of triumph, but a dedication to improving the country. In light of the fact that a Democratic majority had engulfed the legislative and executive branch of national government, Wilson believed that the country was in need of improving its morals and disposition. He believed that the industrialization of the country had become so common place that the problems that came along with it were being ignored. The new president preached that we had become to mundane in our routines and too consertavitely traditional, the country needed moderation and liberal action. Therefore, in his presidency, the Federal Trade Commission Act was passed as well as other actions that helped to support smaller businesses over large monopolies. Wilson stressed the conservation of nature as being our main source of the development that we now enjoyed, however he also stessed changes in the way that big business was run. Wilson saw the country as entirely too traditional. He sought to change the way the country worked by revolutionizing the restrictions and codes that big businesses would have to live up too. He believed that this Democratic Majority was a cry from the nation to improve the nation. (Above, Wilson during his inaugural address)