Progressive Era Reforms by Jordyn Jett

Tenement Act (1901)

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Tenement housing was the first style of apartment buildings. By 1903, New York City's eighty-two thousand tenements housed nearly three million people, nearly all of whom occupied the lowest economic rung of society.

Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)

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On that date the U.S. government passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, the first in a series of legislation designed to regulate the quality of food and pharmaceutical products. The act banned manufacturers from selling mislabeled products.

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

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The Meat Inspection Act was based on the premise that the government had the responsibility of protecting consumers from harmful products unfit for human consumption.

Department of Labor (1903)

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The Department of Commerce was originally created as the US Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903. It was subsequently renamed the Department of Commerce on March 4, 1913, as the bureaus and agencies specializing in labor were transferred to the new Department of Labor.

Federal Reserve Act (1913)

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The Federal Reserve Act was intended to prevent a national financial crises and promote economic stability. The legislation established a national system for governmental regulation of currency supply and federal distribution of currency to banks.

16th Amendment (1913)

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The Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives the federal government authority to levy and collect income taxes. In other words, it is up to Congress to determine the level at which citizens of the country are taxed, and this may be done without apportionment among the individual states.

17th Amendment (1913)

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The Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on April 8, 1913, and put into effect for the 1914 election. It allowed for senators to be elected by the people living in the state they represent rather than take office by appointment of the state's legislature.

Adamson Act (1910)

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The Adamson Act was a United States federal law passed in 1916 that established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers. An Act to establish an eight-hour day for employees of carriers engaged in interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

Federal Trade Commission (1970)

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In the early 1970s, several officials from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expressed their belief that in advertisements, marketers should not refer to their competitors as "Brand X,"

Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

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On October 15, 1914, Congress passed and President Woodrow Wilson signed the Clayton Antitrust Act. This law was designed to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by fully codifying specific illegal antitrust activities.

Keating Owens Act (1916)

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In the Keating-Owen Act of 1916, Congress restricted child labor through its power to regulate interstate commerce. The act limited children's working hours and prohibited the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor.

18th Amendment

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The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbade in all U.S. territories the making, selling, or transporting of “intoxicating liquors.” It was passed on January 16, 1919. Its jurisdiction making, selling, or transporting "intoxicating liquors" in the United States.

19th amendment

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The women’s suffrage movement is the fight by women in the United States to gain the legal right to vote. The movement began in 1848 with the Women’s Rights Convention. There, a small group of women activists established the framework of the movement with a Declaration of Sentiments to outline their desire to be regarded as equal to men under American law. Among the most important of their demands was the right to vote. Under the leadership of such women as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, women began a lengthy campaign that ultimately led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920.