Kammala wannan jumla: Wilson ya kasance jagora a cikin Harkokin Ci gaba, kuma a lokacin da ya fara aiki, ya lura da yadda ake aiwatar da manufofi na ci gaba da manufofi ba tare da wata matsala ba har zuwa New Deal a cikin shekarun 1930. Samun ofishin wata daya bayan amincewa da Kwaskwarima na 16 na Kundin Tsarin Mulki ya ba da izinin harajin samun kudin shiga na tarayya, ya taimaka wajen wuce Dokar Haraji na 1913, wanda ya sake gabatar da harajin samun kudin shiga na tarayya don rage farashin haraji. Sauran manyan dokokin ci gaba da aka zartar a lokacin farkon wa'adin Wilson sun hada da Dokar Tsaro ta Tarayya, Dokar Hukumar Kasuwanci ta Tarayya ta 1914, Dokar Clayton Antitrust, da Dokar Ba da Lamuni ta Tarayya. Yayin da zartar da Dokar Adamson <unk> wanda ya sanya aikin sa'o'i 8 ga layin dogo - ya kauce wa yajin aikin layin dogo da rikicin tattalin arziki da ya biyo baya. Dangane da al'amuran launin fata, gwamnatin Wilson ta sake aiwatar da manufofin rabuwa ga hukumomin gwamnati. Bayan barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na I a shekara ta 1914, Wilson ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai tsaka tsaki, yayin da yake bin tsarin ɗabi'a a cikin ma'amala da
Yaƙin basasa na Mexico.