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There primary purpose was to combat the influence of alcohol on families and society.
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This act required that railroads to charge fair rates to customers and make these rates public.
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It was an federal anti trust that oppose monopolistic business practices. This law declare illegal all combinations in restraint of trade.
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She was an African -American journalist ,abolitionist,feminist who lead a anti lynching crusade.
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It was the merge of two major rival women rights organizations one was the national women suffrage association and the other was American women suffrage association
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It was a book written by John Riis that told the public about the lives of the immigrants and those who live in tenements. His fame helped press city to improve living conditions,
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It was the leading organization that promote the national prohibition.
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He was the president of the American Railway Union. His Union conducted a successful strike for higher wage against the Great Northern Railway.
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He pushed for several progressive initiatives and came up with the Wisconsin Idea
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The strike was effort by United mine workers to get higher wages,shorter hours and the recognition of their union. The strike resulted in a hour decrease work day and a 10% increase in wage.
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The Northern Securities company was a stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies who made a monopoly. The company was sued under the Sherman Antitrust by Theodore Roosevelt.
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It is a federal law that amended the interstate commerce Act of 1887. The Elkins act authorized Interstate commerce commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that had rebates and shippers that accepted rebates.
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It was the cabinet department created in 1903 by Teddy Roosevelt to help with increasing antagonism between capital and labor
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She wrote the book the History of the Standard Oil Company. This book expose Jhon.D.Rockfeeer oil tycoon.
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He wrote the book called The Shame of the cities. The book talks about the corruption of political machine.
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He was the founder of the philosophical movement know as pragmatism.
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purpose was to protect the public against adulteration of food and from products identified as healthful without scientific support.
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This act requires strict cleanliness requirements for meat packers and created a program of federal meat inspection.
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It was a novel that details the meat package industry in great depth.
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It was Roosevelt domestic policy that is founded based on three basic ideas protection of consumer,control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources.
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It is one of the most infamous incidents in American industrial history. The accident was cause by a lack of safety precautions in the work space. This led to the Sullivan-Hoey Fire prevention law.
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It was the third party formed by Theodore Roosevelt after he lost to Republican party William Howard Taft.
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The 17th amendment established the popular election of he U.S Senators . Each U.S senate includes two senators from each state and they each have one vote
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It's purpose was to reduce levies on manufactured and semi manufactured goods and to eliminate the duties of raw materials
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It was created by Congress to provide the nation with a safer , more flexible,more stable monetary and financial system,
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It's missions was to prevent unfair methods of competition and outlaws unfair acts or practices that affect commerce.
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It is amendment passed by U.S congress that provided further clarification to the Sherman anti trust act.It focus on price discrimination,price fixing, and unfair business practices,
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This act banned the sale of products from any factory,shop, or cannery that employed children under the age of 14 and from children under 16 in mine. This was passed by Congress and signed into law President Woodrow Wilson. The supreme court ruled it unconstitutional.
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She open the first birth control clinic and spend the rest of her life fighting for women rights.
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This amendment banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the U.S
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It was U.S Constitution that granted women the right to vote and no citizen would be denied to vote based on sex.
