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interstate commerce act
-the act created a federal regulatory agency which it charged with monitoring railroads to ensure that they complied with the new regulations
-first law to regulate private industry in the U.S
-the power of the act is for the railroad rates be reasonable & just -
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harsh working condition
-the children were paid less than 10 cents an hour for fourteen hour days of work
-women earned an average of $267 a year nearly half of mens average of $498 -
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muckraker journalism
-the term muckraker was used in the progressive era to characterize reform minded american journalist who wrote largely for all popular magazines as investigate journalism
-the muckrakers style of journalism articulated reform beginning in the late 19th century & gaining popularity through the first decade of the 20th century
-their agenda was to raise public awareness of child labor etc. -
pure food & drug act
-the cause of the pure food & drug act was because of all the muckrakers like Upton Sinclair writing stories on the working conditions & how filthy the factories were
-the pure food & drug act they had the responsibility of testing all foods & drugs destined for human consumption -
NAACP
-W.E.D dubois,ida B wells
-fought for equal rights african americans
-the NAACP's principle objective is to ensure political, educational, social & economic equation of all minority groups & eliminate racism & the barrier of racial prejudice -
16th amendment
-allows the congress to level an income tax on the people
-its biggest was it shifted the balance of power toward the federal government & away from the states
-progressive favoring or advocating progress & change
-a tariff is a tax or duty to be paid -
the bull moose party
-the founder of the bull moose party theodore roosevelt
-it was defeated in the republic primaries & broke off
-the party advocated women suffrage, workmen compensation an eight hour workday a minimum wage for women, federal law against child labor & federal -
federal reserve act
-nation needed a way to strengthen the ways in which banks were run
-this act divided the nation into 12 districts & established a central bank in each district
-the federal reserve banks could issue new paper currency in emergency situations & members banks could use the new currency to make loans to their customers