Progressive Era Reforms by Josiah Murrell Harris

Tenement Act (1901)

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This law required apartments to have lighting,toilets, and space

Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)

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This act was made to regulate the quality of food and medicine and banned manufactures that made bad habits in products

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

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An act to stop the horrible working conditions and dirty working conditions and causes serious health issues

Department of Labor (1903)

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The Department Of Labor was a cabinet department within the executive branch of the U.S federal government and to make sure there is more fair working conditions

Federal Reserve Act (1913)

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Act to prevent a national financial crisis and allows financial security

16th Amendment (1913)

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This Amendment required Americans to pay income tax

17th Amendment (1913)

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This Amendment allowed for senators of the United States to be elected by the people living in the state they represent

Adamson Act (1916)

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This act made sure that workers would get paid for overtime work and mainly for railroad workers

Federal Trade Commission (1914)

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This act stopped the unfair practices that affect the commerce in the United States

Clayton Anti-trust Act (1914)

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This act prohibited the awful business practices of trade and monopolies

Keating Owens Act (1916)

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This act tried to really stop child labor by limiting there hours and did not allow so industries to sell there product if it was made by a child

18th Amendment (1919)

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This act forbidden selling, drinking, and transporting liquor

19th Amendment (1919)

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This Amendment allowed women to vote in the United States and they created a whole movement just to vote and just to have a say and be apart of the United States and they deserve to