Progressive era reforms by Nasir Osman

Tenement Act (1901)

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

pure food and drug act 1906

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the act banned manufacturers from selling mislabled products, from adulterating food with unacceptable ingredients, and from misleading consumers with false claims.

Meat inspection act 1906

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with the support of president theodore Roosevelt and a diverse consumer movement, congress finally passed two watershed laws.

Department of Labor 1913

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the federal government became very active in business, labor etc

federal reserve act 1913

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On December 23, 1913, the president Woodrow Wilson signed the reserve federal act, and created the fed system. The act was supposed to prevent a crisis of financial purposes.

16th Amendment 1913

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On February 25 1913, the sixteenth amendment was ratified, which required Americans to pay income tax. It took four years of debate to get the amendment passed.

17th amendment 1913

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The seventeenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution called the election of two senators from every state by popular vote.

adamson act 1916

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A US federal law passed in 1916 that established eight hour work day with bigger pay when doing overtime.

federal trade commission 1914

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A federal agency that promotes competition and protects consumers.

clayton antitrust act 1914

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to promote fair competition and prevent unfair business that harms people.

keating owens act 1916

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child labor was restricted to regulate interstate commerce.

18th amendment 1917

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It was Illegal to make, sell, or transport any type of alcohol.

19th amendment 1920

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This amendment had granted all women the right to vote. It took long to reach this milestone with the amount of struggle and work women had done.