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-broke up monopolies
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-management of the nation's forest reserves
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- repealed the limited workhours of bakers
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-exposed corruption of the American meatpacking industry
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-conservation of land
-protected geological features -
-insured save foods and drugs through labeling and inspection
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-insured save meats through labeling and inspection
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-more tax on rich people
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-lowered tariff rates from 40% to 25%
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-informed current developments in agriculture, home economics, and public policy/government
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-large corporations had to remove unfair trade practices
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- against trusts and helped government regulate monopolies
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-extended and improved the country's road system
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-increased credit to rural, family farmers
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-prohibited sale of goods produced by employed children under fourteen
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-provided wage replacement and medical benefits to injured employees
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-established an eight-hour workday
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-involved the power of Congress to enact child labor laws
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-taxed employers using child labor
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-stock prices declined dramatically
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-established the requirement for paying prevailing wages on public works projects
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-increased tax on the net income of corporations
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-U.S's first major-relief legislation
