Progressive Era Reforms by Samantha Hansen

Tenement Act 1901

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By 1903, New York City's 82,000 housed nearly 3 million people, nearly all of them were the lowest economic rung of society.

Pure Food and Drug Act 1906

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The act banned manufacturers from selling non-labeled products.

Meat Inspection Act 1906

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Upton Sinclair wrote a novel titled The Jungle. The book was the result of the author's investigation in working conditions of meat packing.

Department of Labor 1903

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A cabinet department within the executive branch of the U.S. federal government.The creation of this department and its attendant federal agencies predict an increasingly activist federal government in the twentieth century.

Federal Reserve Act 1913

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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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It took about four years of debate to get this amendment passed.Gives the federal government authority to impose and collect income taxes.

17th Amendment 1913

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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.

Federal Trade Commission 1913

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An independent governmental agency that controls foreign and interstate commerce to ensure that competition is not restricted by unfair and deceptive business practices.

Clayton AntiTrust Act 1914

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The Clayton Act forbade a corporation from purchasing stock in a competitive firm, outlawed contracts based on the condition that the purchaser would not do business with the seller's competitors.

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 or that allowed children between fourteen and sixteen years of age to work more than eight hours a day.

18th Amendment 1919

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Forbade in all U.S. territories the making, selling, or transporting of intoxicating liquors.

19th Amendment 1920

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American women were given suffrage.Women had fought for suffrage for seventy-two years.

Adamson Act 1916

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Fixing minimum wages and maximum hours for railroad workers; the other upheld military conscription. Congress enact legislation supporting labor and establish a committee to investigate the impact of the measure, promising to give the railroads relief if costs rose substantially. Granting labor an eight-hour workday.