Progressive Era

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    Progressive Era

  • Coal Strike of 1902

    Workers strike for 3 days about higher wages and shorter hours. This event falls under creating economic reform because it helped workers get what they wanted.

  • Newlands Reclamation Act

    This law funded irrigation projects for the open lands in 20 states in the American West. This falls under the

  • Created Department of Commerce and Labor

    This was a cabinet department of the US government which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big businesses. This falls under the Promoting Moral Improvement goal because it's focusing on making the government cabinets better and more efficient.

  • Northern Securities v. United States

    This happened when James Jerome Hill, the president of the largest stockholder in the Great Northern Railway won financial support and attempted to take over other railroads. Another president of a different company, Edward Henry Harriman also wanted the railroads. James won control of the railroads. This falls under the Fostering Efficiency goal because it's improving how the railroads are run and improving the prices.

  • United States Forest Service

    This Act transferred the management of forest reserves from the General Land Office of the Interior Department to the Bureau of Forestry. This falls under

  • Food and Drug Administration

    This prevented the manufacture, sale, or transportation of poisonous foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors. This falls under the Promoting Moral Improvement Goal because it was prohibiting things that weren't good for people.

  • Meat Inspection Act

    This act prohibited the sale of misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured the livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. This falls under the Promoting Moral Improvement goal because it prohibited something that would harm people.

  • Bureau of Mines

    This was established to deal with multiple catastrophic mine disasters. This falls under the Fostering Efficiency goal because they created this to make the workplace safer and to enhance the environmental impact of mining.

  • Children's Bureau

    This was organized under the US Department of Health and Human Services'. It involves improving child abuse prevention, foster care, and adoption. This falls under the Protecting Social Welfare Goal because it was created to help protect children.

  • System of National Parks

    This was created to maintain the national parks and monuments.This falls under the Promoting Moral Improvement goal because it helped protect the important monuments and all the land surrounding it.