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
  • 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.