Progressive Era reforms by McKenna Coon

Tenement Act 1901

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thus law mandated that tenements had to be built with lighting, toilets and with more space.

Pure food and drug act 1906

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This act made a law to have people safely check our food before it is put in stores to make sure it is not poisoned or infected etc.

Meat inspection act 1906

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This law made it so that meat places had to safely slaughter meat and then the professionals had to inspect it before it goes into the stores

Department of labor 1903

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This was when the government become more involved with working and labor

federal reserve act 1913

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this act was created to promote economy and to prevent financial crises

sixteenth amendment 1913

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This amendment gives the federal government authority to collect income taxes

seventeenth amendment 1913

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This amendment was made so that two u.s. senators from every state were elected by popular vote

Adamson act 1916

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This Act guaranteed labor's support for Wilson in the 1916 campaign

Federal trade commission 1914

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The Federal Trade Commission encouraged advertisers to mention their competitors by name to enable consumers to make more informed judgments about products

Clayton anti trust act 1914

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The Clayton Act this provided the government with more power to prosecute trusts

Keating Owens act 1916

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The act prohibited the interstate shipment of products made in factories or mines that employed children under fourteen years of age or that allowed children between fourteen and sixteen years of age to work more than eight hours a day

eighteenth amendment 1919

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The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. constitution forbade in all U.S. territories the making, selling, or transporting of “intoxicating liquors

nineteenth amendment

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The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted woman the right to vote