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Progressive Era
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Coal Strike of 1902
Worker's strike for three days about higher wages and shorter hours. This event falls under creating economic reform because it strives to form a better economy to favor the people's needs rather than the government's. -
Newlands Reclamation Act
This authorized the federal government to commission water diversion, retention and transmission projects in arid lands, particularly in the far west. It falls under protecting social welfare because it made sure people in the South got what resources they needed. -
Created Department of Commerce and Labor
The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. This falls under creating economic reform because it improves the lives of the workers in the factories as well as takes power away from factory workers. -
Northern Securities v. United States
This was a case heard in the supreme court to break up the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad companies' monopoly and to dissolve the Northern Securities Company. This falls under creating economic reform because it destroyed a powerful monopoly and ultimately lessened the power of businesses. -
United States Forest Service
This was established to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. This falls under promoting moral improvement since it prevented the people of America to harm or damage the wildlife and free land within the country. -
Meat Inspection Act
It was an act passed to make sure meat was labeled and butchered in sanitary conditions. This act falls under protecting social welfare because without sanitary meat people didn't know what they were paying for or eating. -
Food and Drug Administration
This act prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of misbranded or poisonous foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic within that market. This falls under promoting moral improvement because it was a change to help the people of America get what they needed. -
Bureau of Mines
This was created to help prevent horrible mine disasters from occurring. This falls under fostering efficiency since men and women could be more industrious now that their work environments were somewhat safer. -
Children's Bureau
This prevented child abuse, foster care for children, and adoption services. This falls under promoting moral improvement because it stopped child abuse as well as helped neglected children get what they needed. -
System of National Parks
This prevented people to ruin designated areas in certain places in the United States. This falls under promoting moral improvement since it protected specific landmarks or monuments from being destroyed and to be present in future generations.