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Coal Strike of 1902
The Coal Striker was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania -
Newland Reclamation Act
Newland Reclamation Act of 1902 is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. This is part of Protecting Social Welfare because it kinda talks about how women have to take care of the houses but how are they going to that is they don't have a house. -
Created Department of Commerce and Labor
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a short-lived Cabinet department of the United States government, which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. -
Northern Securities v. United States
Northern Securities v. the United States was an important judicial decision regarding antitrust law. -
United States Forest Service
The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 authorized withdrawing land from the public domain as "forest reserves," managed by the Department of the Interior. This is part of Fostering Efficiency because they have to work in the tress. -
Food and Drug Administration
In June 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law the Food and Drug Act, also known as the "Wiley Act" after its chief advocate. ... The act also banned "misbranding" of food and drugs. This is part of Protecting Social Welfare because if they do not have money ten how are they going to buy food. -
Meat Inspection Act
The Federal Meat Inspection Act is an 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 is part of Protecting Social Welfare because again if they don't have money to buy is then how are the going to eat and they are talking about food. -
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines was the primary United States government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources. This is part of the Creating Economic Reform
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Children's Bureau
The Children's Bureau is a federal agency organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. This is part of Promoting Moral Improvement because they are trying to improve health for children and family. -
System of National Parks
President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating 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 is part of Fostering Efficiency because again they have to plat the trees and they have to water them and they have yo take care of them.