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Period: to
Progressive Era
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Elkins Act
(Inequality in Distribution of Wealth)
Authorized fines on railroads -
National WIldlife Refuge Act
(Conservation)
Created refuges for wildlife in the USA -
US Forest Service
(Conservation)
protected all forests -
Hepburn Act
(Inequality in DIstribution of Wealth)
Congress has power to set maximum rates for railroads -
Meat Inspection Act
(Consumer)
prohibited sale of altered or misbranded meat -
Pure Food and Drug Act
(Consumer)
preventing sale of contaminated goods -
Muller v. Oregon
(Women's Rights)
protected women's health and gave equal pay to women -
NAACP
(City Problems)
Association to fight for equality for African Americans -
National Reclamation Act
(Conservation)
Provides receipts from sale and disposal of land in certain states -
16th Amendment
(Inequality of Distribution of Wealth)
Congressional right to levy taxes -
17th Amendment
(Corruption in Government)
Direct election of govenrment by three-fifths majority -
Federal Reserve Act
(Inequality in Distribution of Wealth)
Created the banking system in the Federal Reserve -
Federal Trade Commission Act
(Corruption in Government)
Established the federal trade commission -
Clayton Antitrust Act
(Monopolies)
Supplement to the sherman Antitrust Act -
Bunting vs. Oregon
(Labor problems)
Regulation of a ten hour work day for both sexes -
National Park Service
Management for all national parks -
Keating-Owen Act
(Labor Problems)
Limited working hours of children -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
(Labor Problems)
Case to enact child labor laws -
18th Amendment
(No problem solved)
Prohibition of alcoholic substances -
19th Amendment
(Women's Rights)
Women's suffrage
