Progressive Era Reforms by Ryan Coffey

tenement act (1901)

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The Tenement House Act not only required improvements on ventilation, toilets, and light but set standards that all but banned the construction of buildings on 25-foot-wide lots.

Pure Food & Drug Act (1844- 1930)

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Harvey Washington Wiley (1844- 1930), the chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture, a crusader for federal regulation of food and drugs.

Meat Inspection Act (1878- 1968)

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Upton Sinclair (1878- 1968), a reformer and writer whose novel The Jungle (1906) exposed conditions in the meat-packing industry.

Department of Labor (1888)

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In June, 1884, Congress established a Bureau of Labor as part of the Department of the Interior. In 1888, Congress gave the bureau independent status as the Department of Labor, but its commissioner did not have a position with the president's cabinet. The commissioner reported directly to the president.

Federal Reserve Act (1913-1921)

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The Federal Reserve Act was intended to prevent a national financial crises and promote economic stability.

16th Amendment (1913)

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On February 25, 1913, the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, which required Americans to pay income tax. It took nearly four years of debate to get this amendment passed.

17th Amendment ( 1913-1914)

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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 (1916)

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Congress enacted the Adamson Act in response to Wilson's message, granting labor an eight-hour workday and overtime compensation.

Federal Trade Commission (1927-1991)

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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," but should call them instead by their real name. At the time, such "Brand X" references, along with replacing the competitor's brand name with a "beep" sound, were common practice.

Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

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On October 15, 1914, Congress passed and President Woodrow Wilson signed the Clayton Antitrust Act (H.R. 15657). This law was designed to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by fully codifying specific illegal antitrust activities.

Keating Owens Act (1918)

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With expansion of industrialization in the late nineteenth century, conditions for workers on the job were often harsh.

18th Amendment (1920-1933)

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Prohibition was a period during the early twentieth century when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol was banned in the United States.

19th Amendment (1920)

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Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution . Women's suffrage rights had not come quickly or easily.