Progressive Timeline

Progressive Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 1920

National Reclamation Act

Jun 17, 1902

The need for land for agricultural purposes in sections of the American West. Helped reclaim land for farms.
(The Farm Problem)

Elkins Act

Feb 27, 1903

The Elkins Act ended the common practice of the railroads granting rebates to their most valued customers
(The Consumer)

National Wildlife Refuge System

Mar 3, 1903

Protection of instinct animals by checking on clean water, air, and land.
(Conservation)

U.S Forest Service

Feb 5, 1905

Preserves certain acres of land of trees from being cut down
(Conversation)

Hepburn Act

Jun 29, 1906

The Hepburn Act 1906 is a United States federal law that formally gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the authority to establish maximum railroad rates. Therefore freee pasangers no longer exsisted.
(Monopolies and Business Excesses)

Meat Inspection Act

Jun 30, 1906

For sanitary conditions, this protects miosbranded meat from being proccessed
(The Consumer)

Pure Food and Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. This protected the consume from dieing or being sick from products.
(The Consumer)

Muller v. Oregan

Feb 24, 1908

This ended the sex discrimination for labor hours.
(Labor Problems
Women Rights)

NCAAP

Feb 12, 1909

This is a civil rights organization. Fighting for social justice for Americans.
(City Problems)

16th Admendement

Feb 3, 1913

Congress has the power to lay or collect taxes on incomes of the people
(Inequality in the Distrubion of Wealth)

17th Admendment

May 31, 1913

This is the right for a direct election for United State Senators
(Corruption In Government)

Federal Reserve Act

Dec 23, 1913

This is basically an act for the central banking system of the US
(Corruption in Gov't)

Federal Trade Commission

Sep 10, 1914

Destroyed unfair trade actions
(Monopolies and Business Excesses)

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Oct 15, 1914

The act prohibited exclusive sales contracts, local price cutting to freeze out competitors, rebates, interlocking directorates in corporations capitalized at million or more in the same field of business, and intercorporate stock holdings.
(Monopolies and Business Excesse)

Nation Park Service

Aug 25, 1916

PReserving wildlife and basically nature. Preserving nature for the better
(Conservation)

Keating-Owen Child LAbor Act

Sep 1, 1916

This act shorted the number of hours and highered the ages for child labor for protection
(Labor Problems)

Bunting v Oregan

Apr 9, 1917

This was significant because it stated that no person shall be employed in any mill, factory or manufacturing establishment in this state more than ten hours in any one day. This was for the safety of labor workers.
(Labor Problems)

Hammer vs. Dagenhart

Jun 3, 1918

like the Keating-Owen Act this also changed the work hours of child labor
(labor problems)

18th Admendment

Jan 16, 1919

The prohibition of transport/sale/manufacture/import/export of alcoholic beverages
(Monopolies and Business Excesses)

19th Admendment

Aug 18, 1920

This admendment gave women the right to vote!
(Women's Rights)