Question

All the following reforms were enacted during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson except:

• A. The Clayton Antitrust Act
• B. The Federal Reserve Act
• C. The Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote
• D. The Twentieth Amendment shortening the "lame duck" period
• E. The Keating-Owens Child Labor Act

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The Twentieth Amendment shortening the "lame duck" period

The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, known as the "Lame-Duck Amendment," was ratified in 1933. The 20th Amendment shortened the period of time lame duck Members of Congress could stay in office after an election had been held, from 13 months to 2 months.