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Period: to
Progressive Era
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National Reclamation Act (Newlands Act)
-Funded irrigations for 20 western states
-Reclamation service created by by Secretary of the Interior.
(Conservation) -
Elkins Act
-Made it illegal for railroad officials to give, and shippers to recieve, rebates
-Once rates were set, they could not be changed without public notification
(Farmers) -
Hepburn Act
-Strictly limited the distribution of free railroad passes
-Commerce commission could view financial records
(Farmers) -
Meat Inspection Act
-Dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers
-Created federal meat inspection
(Consumer) -
Pure Food and Drug Act
-Created FDA to test and approve drugs before making them available
-Regulated patents on medicine
(Consumer) -
Muller vs. Oregon
-Restriction of hours women could work
(Laborers, Inequality) -
16th Amendment
-Income Tax - Allowed the national government to tax citizens' incomes
(Inequality) -
17th Amendment
-Direct Election of Senators - Senators were elected by state legislature as well as popular vote
(Inequality) -
Clayton Antitrust Act
-Antitrust laws were put out of effect
-Specified that labor union and farm organizations had a right to exist
(Laborers/Farmers) -
Federal Trade Commission Act
-Set up a five-member "watchdog" agency called the Federal Trade Commission
-Promoted consumer protection, no more monopolies -
Hammer vs. Dagenhart
-Prohibited the transportation of goods produced with the use of child labor across state lines
-Later declared by the U.S. Supreme Court
(Laborers) -
Bunting vs. Oregon
-Upheld 10-our workday, but minimum wage laws were not altered until 20 years later
(Laborers) -
18th Amendment
-Prohibition - Made it illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell any alcoholic beverage
(Consumer) -
19th Amendment
-Women's Suffrage - Right for women to be treated equally as men in society
(Inequality)
