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Meat Inspection Act
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a piece of United States legislation that, when signed by Theodore Roosevelt on June 30, 1906, enforced hygienic animal slaughter and processing and outlawed the sale of contaminated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives.Longtime muckraking reporters had detailed the horrifying unhygienic conditions in the nation's factories, particularly in the meat-packing sector in Chicago. -
Antiquities Act
This was the first American law to offer broad legal protection for cultural and natural resources on federal lands that are historic or scientific interest.On June 8, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt finally put a generations worth of work into the antiquities act. -
Hepburn Act
a federal statue passed by the United States in 11906 called the Hepburn Act granted the Interstate Commerce Commission more authority and the ability to regulate maximum railroad tariff.As a result, faithful shippers' free passes were discontinued -
16th Amendment
The United States Constitution's Sixteenth Amendment permits Congress to impose an income tax wihout dividing the proceeds among the states according to population. In reaction to the 1895 Supreme Court case of Pollock V. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., it was adopted by Congress in 1909. -
mann-Elkins act
In June 1910, the Mann-Elkins Act was approved by Congress.It changed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 to include regulating telephone, telegraph, and cable businesses within the jurisdiction of the interstate Commerce Commission. -
Volstead Act
Anything that had more than 0.5 percent alcohol was considered an intoxicating beverage under the National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act.Canadian prohibition laws, however, have a 2.5 percent cap. -
Workers Compensation Act
People who sustain an injury or become disabled while performing their employment are protected by workers' compensation legislation.In an effort to reduce the need for ligitation, the statutes offer predetermined monetary awards to the affected workers. -
17th amendment
This Constitutional amendment, approved in 1913, mandates that senators be chosen directly by the electorate rather than by state legislatures. -
Federal Reserve Act
The 63rd United States Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act, which President Woodrow Wilson then signed into law on December 23, 1913.The Federal Reserve System, the nation's central banking system, was established by legislation. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
The Federal Trade Commission by was founded by the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914, a federal legislation of the United States.The Act, which was passed by US President Woodrow Wilson in 1914, forbids unfair business practices and unfair techniques of competition. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 is a piece of American antitrust law that aims to give the current system of antitrust enforcement more substance of anti competitive activities.The new law made strikes, boycotts, and labor unions legal under federal law in addition to outlawing price discrimination and anti-competitive mergers. -
Adamson Act
The Adamson Act, a federal statute enacted in the United States in 1916, mandated an eight-hour workday fir interstate railroad employees as well as overtime pay. -
18th amendment
The"producion, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors" was forbidden by the 18th amendment. This resource gathers print sources, external websites, and digital resources from the library of the congress that are all relevant to prohibition. -
19th amendment
The right to vote for women in America is legally protected under the 19th amendment.This accomplishment needed a protracted and challenging battle;triumph required decades of activism and resistance.