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Period: to
Early 1900s
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National Reclamation Act
Set aside the western states for irrigation projects. Texas was not included until 1906 -
Elkins Act
Authorized the interstate commerce to give railroads who offered rebates heavy fines -
NAtional Wildlife Refuge System
Created to preserve wildlife in the United States -
United States Forest service
Created to protect the national parks and grasslands of the United States -
Meat inspection act
Checked all proccesed meats making them safe to eat -
Hepburn act
Raised the railroad rates to maximum price and extended its juristiction -
Pure food and drug act
An act that that protects citizens from poisonous drugs and other substances -
Muller vs Oregon
The fight that eventually lowered womens work days -
NAACP
The purpose is to eliminate racial segregation in the Unites States -
16th amendment
Gave congress the right to levy an income tax not based on the census -
17th amendment
Gave citizens direct vote towards their senators -
Federal reserve act
Created and set up the central banking of the united states -
Federal trade commision act
Cease and desist trusts and large corporations -
Clayton anti trust act
Break trusts in large corporations -
Keating owen child labor act
Banned child labor in the United States -
National Park Service
Protects and preserves national parks and monuments -
Bunting vs Oregon
Lowered the work day to ten hours -
Hammer vs Dagenhart
Enacted child labor laws -
18th amendment
originally banned alcohol but was repealed -
19th amendment
Gave women suffarage
