Progressive Timeline

By sophie.bittner
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    The Progressive Era

  • Sherman Anti Trust Act

    Outlawed monopolies and practice restrained trade, such as price fixing.
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    Theodore Roosevelt

  • National Reclamation Act

    Provided for federal irrigation projects by using money from the sale of public lands.

  • Elkins Act

    Imposed fines on railroads that gave special rates to favored shippers.

  • Hepburn Act

    Authorized the federal government to regulate railroad rates and set maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and oil pipelines.

  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the shippment and sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and medicine,

  • Meat Inspection Act

    Allowed the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required inpection of meat processing plants.
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    William Howard Taft

  • Sixteenth Amendment

    Gave Congress the power to collect taxes on people's income.
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    Woodrow Wilson

  • Seventeenth Amendment

    Instituted the direct election of senators by people of each state.

  • Underwood Tariff Act

    Lowered tariffs on imported goods and established a graduated income tax.

  • Federal Reserve Act

    Created the Federal Reserve Board to oversee banks and manage reserve funds.

  • Federal Trade Commision Act

    Established the Federal Trade Commission to monitor business practices, false advertising, and dishonest labeling.

  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    Strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by spelling out specific activities businesses could not do.

  • Eighteenth Amendment

    Banned the making, selling, and transporting of alcoholic beverages in the United States.

  • Nineteenth Amendment

    Gave women the right to vote in all elections.