Justin's Progressive Timeline

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    Illustrated Progressive Timeline

  • National Reclaimation Act

    National Reclaimation Act

    Set aside money for the production of irrigation products.
    (Farmers)
  • Elkins Act

    Elkins Act

    Law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act
    (Inequality in dist. of wealth)
  • National Wildlife Refuge System

    National Wildlife Refuge System

    Designated area protected by the United State's Fish and Wildlife Sevice.
    (Conservation)
  • U.S. Forest Service

    Takes care of the United States's natinal parks.
    (Conservation)
  • Hepburn Act

    Hepburn Act

    Law that allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to maximize railroad rates and to extend its jurisdiction
    (Monopolies and buisness excess)
  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act

    Makes sure all meat products are produced with sanitary conditions.
    (Consumer problems)
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Required the production of food and drugs to be sanitary for the consumer.
    (Consumer)
  • Muller V. Oregon

    Muller V. Oregon

    Justifies sex descrimination
    (Women's rights)
  • NAACP

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Organized to protect african american's rights.
    (City problems)
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    Allowed congress to levy an income tax on citizens.
    (Inequality in dist. of wealth)
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment

    Allowed direct election of US Senators by the people
    (Corruption in government)
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act

    Set up the central banking system of the United States
    (Inequality in the dist. of wealth)
  • Federal Trade Commission Act

    Federal Trade Commission Act

    Established the Federal Trade Commission
    (Consumer)
  • Clayton Anti-Trust Act

    Clayton Anti-Trust Act

    Added further to the US anti-trust law by preventing competitive practices
    (Corruption in government)
  • Bunting V. Oregon

    Bunting V. Oregon

    A case that upheld a 10-hour work day
    (Labor Problems)
  • National Park Service

    National Park Service

    Federal agency that protects national parks
    (Conservation)
  • Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

    Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

    Didnt allow the selling of goods produced by factories employing children under fourteen, mines employing children under sixteen, and any facility that made childreen work more than eight hours.
    (Labor Problems)
  • Hammer V. Dagenhart

    Hammer V. Dagenhart

    A supreme court decision to put child labor laws into act
    (labor problems)
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    Prohibited the use and production of alcoholic beverages
    (City problems)
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Prohibited anyone from being denied the right to vote based on their gender
    (Women's Rights)