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The Hepburn Act gave more jurisdiction to the Interstate Commerce Commission. In other words, railroad taxes could be raised.
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The goal of this act was to protect land and natural resources. It legally allowed for the government to make national parks for historical, preservational, and cultural reasons.
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Enforced more sanitary meat production practices, and boosted up health requirements for inspections. It also prohibited the sale of bad meat.
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This Drug did essentially the same thing as the Meat Inspection Act. However it applied to more foods and drugs and made selling adulterated products illegal. It set the stage for the FDA.
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The 16th Amendment was passed to introduce graduated taxes. This was a Populist Party ideal that was adopted by Democrats.
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This act was similar to the Hepburn Act because it also gave more power to the ICC. The act gave it control of railroad rates and let it change them after investigation.
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This act required employees to have insurance in case of injury on the job. It also gave them more credibility when filing claims against their employees. -
This amendment made it so that voters could vote directly for senators. Before this amendment, senators were voted on by state legislation, which made it so that citizens didn't have much say.
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Established the Federal Reserve System aka the Fed. Serves as the U.S. central bank and provides economic stability.
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This act was similar to the Sherman Antitrust Act in the sense that it aimed to prevent monopolies and anti-competitiveness behavior. It prohibited discrimination and stock acquisition for some companies, among other things.
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Similar to other antitrust acts, it gave more power to bust monopolies. It helped prevent anti-competition.
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This act was intended to stop child labor. It limited the hours children could work and also prohibited selling goods produced illegally by children. -
This act also met goals from the old populist party. It made the standard workday eight hours long and made more provisions for employees such as overtime pay.
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This amendment made drinking alcohol illegal. It was a part of the prohibition movement.
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This act was a part of the prohibition movement. It lowered the amount of alcohol that a beverage had to contain to be considered alcoholic.
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This amendment made it legal for women to vote. I was part of the women's suffrage movement.