Progressive Era By larsmines☮ ✌ Period: 1890 to 1920 Progressive Era 1902 Coal Strike of 1902 1902 Newlands Reclamation Act, 1903 Creation of Department of Commerce and Labor 1904 Northern Securities Co. v. United States 1905 Founding of U.S. Forest Service 1906 Federal Meat Inspection Act 1906 Food and Drug Administration Formed 1910 Creation of the Bureau of Mines 1912 Creation of Children's Bureau 1916 Founding of National Parks