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Sherman Antitrust Act
-broke up monopolies -
Sundry Civil Appropriations Act
-management of the nation's forest reserves -
Lochner vs. New York
- repealed the limited workhours of bakers
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
-exposed corruption of the American meatpacking industry -
Antiquities Act
-conservation of land
-protected geological features -
Pure Food and Drug Act
-insured save foods and drugs through labeling and inspection -
Meat Inspection Act
-insured save meats through labeling and inspection -
16th Amendment
-more tax on rich people -
Underwood-Simmons Act
-lowered tariff rates from 40% to 25% -
Smith-Lever Act
-informed current developments in agriculture, home economics, and public policy/government -
Establishment of Federal Trade Commission
-large corporations had to remove unfair trade practices -
Clayton Antitrust Act
- against trusts and helped government regulate monopolies
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Federal Aid Road Act
-extended and improved the country's road system -
Federal Farm Loan Act
-increased credit to rural, family farmers -
Keating-Owen Act
-prohibited sale of goods produced by employed children under fourteen -
Workmen’s Compensation Act
-provided wage replacement and medical benefits to injured employees -
Adamson Act
-established an eight-hour workday -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
-involved the power of Congress to enact child labor laws -
Child Labor Tax Law
-taxed employers using child labor -
Wall Street Crash
-stock prices declined dramatically -
Davis-Bacon Act
-established the requirement for paying prevailing wages on public works projects -
Revenue Act
-increased tax on the net income of corporations -
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
-U.S's first major-relief legislation
