Progressive Legislation Timeline

  • Hepburn Act

    Hepburn Act
    An Act to amend an act entitled An act to regulate commerce approved February fourth eighteen hundred and eightyseven and all Acts amendatory thereof and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act
    prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act
    to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment
    The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration
  • 17th amendment

    17th  amendment
    The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
  • Federal Reserve ACT

    Federal Reserve ACT
    It was implemented to establish economic stability in the U.S. by introducing a central bank to oversee monetary policy. T
  • Federal trade commision ACT

    Federal trade commision ACT
    The Act was signed into law by US President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 and outlaws unfair methods of competition and unfair acts or practices that affect commerce
  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    Clayton Antitrust Act
    It prohibits certain actions that might restrict competition, like tying agreements, predatory pricing, and mergers that could lessen competition.
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment
    The proposed amendment would ban the sale, manufacture, distribution, and transportation of alcohol across the country.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote