Progressive Era

  • Meat Inspection Act

    made it illegal for meat companies to mislabel food and sell it and made sure the meet was slaughtered in safe conditions
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    it's pretty much the same thing as the Meat Act but includes safe drugs
  • Hepburn Act

    gave the government more power to handle interstate trades and affairs.
  • 17th Amendment

    declared the direct election of state senotors
  • Federal Trade Commission Act

    outlaws unfair methods of competition and unfair acts or practices that affect commerce
  • Federal Reserve Act

    it created the federal reserve system
  • 16th Amendment

    gave the goverment the power to tax incomes
  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    The Clayton Act was to prevent unfair businesses from harming customers.
  • 18th Amendment

    made it illegal for people to buy sell for manufacture alcohol
  • 19th Amendment

    gave women the right to vote