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Progressive era
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Coal strike of 1902
workers strike for 3 day about higher wages and shorter hours.
This event fall under economic reform because workers were trying to get higher wages -
new lands reclamation act
This act allowed the government to apply federal funds to projects intended to transform arid areas in twenty Western states into arable land (land that could be farmed) through irrigation projects. This falls under social welfare because the farms produce more food for the poor -
US forest service
This service is responsible for sustaining healthy, diverse, and productive forests and grasslands for present and future generations. This falls under promoting moral improvement because this service is helping preserve the forest for future generations. -
Meat inspection act
The Federal Meat Inspection is a law that makes it a crime to ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. This falls under promoting moral improvement because it helps people stay healthy by making sure the meat they are eating is sanitary -
Sixteen Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. This fall under creating economic reform because this is where the government get their money to help our country. -
Bureau of mines
A United States government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources. This falls under fostering efficiency because they are trying to conserve resources and they trying to conduct research on it. -
children s bureau
The United States Children's Bureau is a federal agency organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. This falls under social welfare because they are improving and protecting children. -
Federal reserve act
An Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, which is the central banking system of the United States, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes. This falls under creating economic reform, because it allowed people to deposit money, withdraw money, and get loans. -
System of national parks
the National Park Service, a new federal bureau in the Department of the Interior responsible for protecting the 35 national parks and monuments then managed by the department and those yet to be established. This falls under promoting moral improvement because the are protecting the parks that everyone can visit -
keating owens child labor act
An act by the U.S. Congress which sought to address child labor by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under fourteen. This falls under protecting social welfare because it prevented children form working in dangerous conditions where they could easily get injured.