Progressive Timeline

Mann-Elkins Act

1903

This act allowed railroads to actively demonstrate that a rate was reasonable. With these new powers, the ICC gained almost complete control over rail rates, and therefore much of rail competition.

Federal Meat Inspection Act

1906

This act prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock.

Antiquities Act

1906

This law gives the president of the United States the authority to create national monuments from federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features.

Hepburn Act

1906

This act fortified the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission and it strengthened federal regulation of railroads.

Pure Food and Drug Act

1906

This act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency the (FDA).

Workers Compensation Act

1911

This act provides workers compensation coverage for employment-related injuries and occupational diseases. Benefits include wage replacement payment for medical care

17th Admendment

1912

This said that the Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years and each Senator shall have one vote.

16th Amendment

1913

This grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population.It allowed Congress to collect tax from every American.

Federal Reserve Act

1913

The act was to protect the American economy by establishing prerequisites for a regulated government. the Fed manipulates interest rates to ensure that the supply of money on the U.S. market is equal to the needs of the market, preventing recession and inflation.

Federal Trade Commission Act

1914

This act was to have fair competition between businesses and protection of consumers against fraudulent business practices.

Keating-Owen Act

1914

This act made Congress restrict child labor through its power to regulate interstate commerce. The act limited children's working hours and prohibited the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor.

Clayton Antitrust Act

1914

This act defines unethical business practices, such as price fixing and monopolies, and upholds various rights of labor, Like the rights of labor to organize and protest peacefully.

Adamson Act

1916

This act established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers.

18th Amendment

1917

This prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. But not the consumption, private possession, or production for one's own consumption.

Volstead Act

1919

This act provides enforcement for the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages

19th Amendment

1919

The 19th Amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote.