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
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1909 Payne-Aldrich
Tariff
A failed attempt at tariff
reform
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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"
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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
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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
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1919 Eighteenth
Amendment
Prohibition of alcoholic
beverages (nationwide)
Nineteenth
Amendment
Allowed women to vote
(state and national) |