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Anthracite Coal Mine Strike
The United Mine Workers of America went on strike in 1902 to call to attention their low wages, long hours, and poor conditions. -
National Reclamation Act
This act is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West.
At first, it covered only 13 of the western states as Texas had no federal lands. Texas was added later by a different act passed in 1906. -
The Northern Securities Case
This case, which established President Theodore Roosevelt’s reputation as a “trust buster,” reached the Supreme Court in 1904 -
The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. -
Meat Inspection Act
This act prevents contaminared or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food. It also ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed sanitarily. -
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
This was a case in which the Supreme Court found Standard Oil guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions. -
United States v. American Tobacco Company
This was an attempt to monopolize the business of tobacco in interstate commerce within the prohibitions of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
