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Progressive Era
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Coal Strike of 1902
Workers strike for 3 days on higher wages and less working hours.
This states that this event falls under creating economic reform because the workers are trying to get fair compensation from big business owners like Andrew Carnegie. -
Newlands Reclamation Act
¨ United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. The act at first covered only 13 of the western states as Texas had no federal lands. ¨This states that is event was Social fostering efficiency due to them putting Federal land in states. -
Meat Inspection Act
¨ American law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. ¨ This states that it was protecting social welfare due to they were protecting people from buying meat and wasting their money -
Children´s Bureau
First federal agency within the United States Government, was to focus on improving the lives of children and families. This states it was moral improvement due to they needed to get rid of child labor and this law did that.