National Progressivism:
Amendments & Legislation
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1902 Newlands Reclamation Act Money from public land sales to be used for irrigation and conservation |
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1903 Elkins Act Outlawed railroad rebates |
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1906 Hepburn Act Gave ICC power to set railroad rates Pure Food and Drug Act Set purity standards for food and drugs Meat Inspection Act Provided for government inspection of meat packing operations |
| 1909 Payne-Aldrich
Tariff A failed attempt at tariff reform |
| 1910 Mann-Elkins
Act
Put telephones and telegraphs under ICC jurisdiction & gave ICC more power Mann Act Criminalized transporting women across state lines "for immoral purposes" |
| 1913 Sixteenth
Amendment Provided for graduated income tax Seventeenth Amendment Required popular election of U.S. Senators Underwood Tariff Reduced tariffs and imposed income tax Federal Reserve Act Established Federal Reserve Banking System Webb-Kenyon Act Allowed states to prevent transportation of alcoholic beverages across their borders |
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1914 Harrison Narcotic Act
Made certain drugs illegal without a prescription Federal Trade Commission Act Established FTC to administer anti-trust legislation Clayton Antitrust Act Tried to close loopholes in Sherman Antitrust Act |
| 1916 Federal Farm
Loan Act Provided low interest loans to farmers Keating-Owens Child Labor Act Banned goods made by child labor from interstate commerce Adamson Act Established eight hour day for railroad workers Workman's Compensation Act Provided job-related injury and death benefits for government employees |
| 1919 Eighteenth
Amendment Prohibition of alcoholic beverages (nationwide) Nineteenth Amendment Allowed women to vote (state and national) |
