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The Antiquities Act
This law was passed during president Theodore Roosevelt's second term and was the first law to ever preserve land, and scientific and historic sights and monuments. This protected 30 national parks and 8 World Heritage Sites. -
The Hepburn Act
This act provided the government with more control over railroads and greater strengthened the interstate commerce commission. This act also proved to empower the Elkins act, which was enacted in 1903. (passed during Theodore Roosevelt's second term) -
The Meat Inspection Act
This act was passed in order to stop the sale of adulterated or livestock that was not branded properly. It also required that livestock needed to be inspected and that slaughter methods and processes were sanitary. (Passed during Theodore Roosevelt's 2nd term). -
The Pure Food and Drug Act
This act required that all foods include accurate ingredient labels. Also, being similar to the meat inspection act, prohibits the sale of misbranded and adulterated food products. (passed during Theodore Roosevelt's second term) -
The Mann-Elkins Act
Similar to the Hepburn Act, the Mann-Elkins Act aided the Interstate Commerce Commission by now being responsible for regulating telegraphs, cable, and telephones. It was successfully amended and passed by William Howard Taft. -
The 16th Amendment
This Amendment to the constitution, granted at the end of William Taft's presidential term, instituted the income tax based on the peoples income. William Taft proposed this tax to be two percent of a corporations income. -
The 17th Amendment
This Amendment gave the people the choice of who they wanted for senators rather than being elected by state legislators. This act made it harder for senators to use bribery to be elected and allowed them to focus on the needs of the people rather than the state legislators. (Woodrow Wilson's first term) -
The Federal Reserve Act
Creating the federal reserve, this act stabilized the US economic system and provided a central bank. This benefited both rural and western areas of the US which were somewhat skeptical of the previous system. (Woodrow Wilson's first term) -
The Clayton Antitrust Act
This act was passed in order to stop big businesses from completely dominating entire industries. This bill was then signed into law by Woodrow Wilson (first term) a few months later. -
The Federal Trade Commission Act
This act provided more strength to the Federal Trade Commission and acted further upon the Clayton Act of 1914. The Federal Trade Commission Act helped to create fair business practices between businesses. (Woodrow Wilson's first term) -
The Keating-Owen Act
The Keating-Owen Act was enacted in order to help end child labor. This act benefited children by limiting their work hours and banning interstate goods that were manufactured from children. (Woodrow Wilson'd first term) -
The Adamson Act
In 1916, Woodrow Wilson passed the Adamson Act which instituted an eight hour work day limit for railroad workers and also provided compensation for work overtime. This ended up preventing a nationwide work strike by railroad workers. (1st term of Woodrow Wilson) -
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The 18th Amendment
This Amendment was passed to help clean up the violence and danger that alcohol led to. Also due to grain shortages due to World War I, this Amendment sought to provide a temporary aid to the lack of wheat and barely. (Woodrow Wilson's second term as president) -
The 19th Amendment
The nineteenth amendment (ratified August 18th, 1920) marked a significant point for women's rights as they received the privileged to vote. As many women toiled to be considered equal with men, they finally were given a voice by receiving a choice for who they wanted to represent them. (Woodrow Wilson's second term of presidency) -
The Volstead Act
This act was enacted to prohibit selling and buying of alcoholic beverages further enforcing the eighteenth amendment. It was vetoed by Woodrow Wilson (second term) but was then overridden by Congress and became a law. -
The Workers Comprehension Act
This act was instituted to protect those who have succumbed to injury and disability to be covered for lost work time by receiving money and paid bills. (Herbert Hoover's first term)