Progressive era economic reform

Progressive Era Economic Reform

By Deidrawils

  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act
    Interstate Commerce Act which created the first true federal regulatory agency. It was designed to address the issues of railroad abuse and discrimination.

  • Gold Standard Act

    Gold Standard Act
    The Gold Standard Act is a monetary system where a country's currency or paper money has a value directly linked to gold. With the gold standard, countries agreed to convert paper money into a fixed amount of gold

  • roosevelt square deal

    roosevelt square deal
    Roosevelt's platform became known as the “Square Deal” because he vowed not to favor any group of Americans but to be fair to all. The Square Deal was Theodore Roosevelt's domestic policy based on three basic ideas protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources

  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act
    The Federal Reserve Act was created by Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve was created on December 23, 1913, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law.