Progressive Era

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    Progressive Era

  • Coal Strike

    It was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union.
  • Created Department of Commerce and Labor

    Department in the United States that was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business
  • Northern Securities v. United States

    It was a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1903. The Court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, who had essentially formed a monopoly, and to dissolve the Northern Securities Company.
  • Meat Inspection Act

    That meat is processed and slaughtered in sanitary conditions
  • Food and Drug Administration

    Responsible for protesting citizens health

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