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system of national parks
On August 25, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service, a new federal bureau in the Department of the Interior responsible for protecting the 35 national parks. Protecting social welfare. -
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United States forest service history
Congress created the office of Special Agent in the Department of Agriculture to assess the state of the forests in the United States. The Forest Reserve Act authorized taking away land from the public domain as forest reserves.Protecting social welfare. -
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Progressive Era
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Coal Strike
The people that worked in the coal fields strike for higher wages and shorter work hours. Economic reform. -
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Newlands Reclamation act
United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. The act at first covered only 13 of the western states as Texas had no federal lands.Creating economic reform. -
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Created department of commerce and labor
originally created as the US Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903. It was renamed the Department of Commerce on March 4, 1913. creating economic reform. -
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Meat Inspecting act
American law that makes it a crime to adulterate meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.Promoting moral improvement. -
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Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Act and creation of the FDA. In June 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law the Food and Drug Act, also known as the "Wiley Act".Protecting social welfare. -
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Revenue act of 1913
Reimposed the federal income tax after the ratification of the 16th amendment and lower basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%. Economic reform -
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Sixteenth Amendment Progressive Income Tax
In 1913 the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution was adopted, overruling Pollock, and the Congress then levied an income tax on both corporate and individual incomes.Creating economic reform. -
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Keating owens child labor act
Congress which sought to address child labor by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under fourteen. Protecting social welfare.