Progressive Era

By JaimeMartinxz
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    Progressive Era

    A period of widespread activism and political reform across the U.S. The main objective was to eliminate the problems caused by the industrialization, urbanization, immigration and corruption in the government.

  • Coal strike of 1902

    Workers strike for 3 days about higher wages and shorter hours. This event falls under creating economic reform because of the recognition of their union.

  • New lands Reclamation Act

    The Newlands Reclamation act authorized the federal government to commission the water diversion and transmission projects in arid lands.

  • Department of Commerce and Labor

    "was originally created as the US department of commerce and labor then it was renamed as the department of commerce, as the bureau's and agencies specializing in labor were transferred to the new department."

  • Northern securities v.US

    was a case that the court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the great northern and northern pacific railroads companies, who had essentially formed a monopoly.

  • Food and drugs Administration

    Created from the FDA. President Theodore Roosevelt signed into the law food and drugs Act which was know as the "Wiley Act", the act also banned misbranding of food and drugs.

  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat inspection act is an american law that made misbranding meat and meat products being sold as food and made meat products to be slaughtered under sanitary conditions.

  • Progressive income Taxes

    Progressive income Taxes is a tax in which the rate increases as the taxable amount increases. "Progressive" is the result that tax payers average tax rate less than the person's marginal tax rate.

  • Bureau Mines

    The Bureau Mines is a agency that the united states own which scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction conservation of the minerals.

  • United States forest Service

    "is an agency of the U.S department of agriculture that administers 154 national forests and 20 grasslands which encompass 193 million acres."

  • System of National Parks

    The System of National Parks started when president Woodrow Wilson signed the Act where the federal bureau in the department are responsible for protecting the 35 national parks and monuments.