A Study of the Increasing Role of the Government in the United States(political)

purification of government, as progressives tried to eliminate corruption by exposing and undercutting political machines and bosses.

The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark federal statue on the united states competition law passed by congress in 1890.It prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anticompetitive,and requires the federal government to investigate and pursue trusts,companies,and organizations suspected of being in violation.

florence kelley was born in september 12, 1859.And died in feburuary 17, 1932.She was an American social and political reformer,she was a worker against sweatshops and for the minimum wage, eight-hour work days and children's rights is widely regarded today. Its founding in 1899, kelley served as the first general secretary of the National Consumers League. In 1909 Kelley helped create the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

the northern securities company was an important united states railroad trust formed in 1901 by E. H. Harriman, James J. Hill, J.P. Morgan, J.D. Rockefeller, and their associates.They also controlled many more companies.

The coal strike of the 1902 was a strike by the united mine workers of america in the anthracite coal fields of eastern pennsylvania.Miners were o strike asking for higher wages,shorter workdays and recognition of their union.

The Elkins Act is at 1903 united states federal law that amended the interstate commerce act of 1887.

The Square Deal was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.These three demands are often referred to as the "three C's" of Roosevelt's Square Deal. Though, it aimed at helping middle class citizens and involved attacking plutocracy and bad trusts while at the same time protecting business from the most extreme demands of organized labor. In contrast to his predecessor William McKinley, Roosevelt was a Republican who believed in government action to mitigate social evils, and as president denounced “the representatives of predatory wealth” as guilty of “all forms of iniquity from the oppression of wage workers to defrauding the public.

The Federal Inspection Act(FMIA) started in 1906.Its a united states congress act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranched meat and meat products from being sold as food and ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.

The pure food and drug act was in 1906 and it was a piece of progressive era legislation,signed by president Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act was signed

the jungle was influential and persuaded america about the supposed horror of the chicago union stock yards, a giant complex of meat processing that developed in the 1870's.

Sinclair was born in September 20,1878 and he died in November 25,1968.He was an american author and only one time candidate for governer of california who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres.

The History of the Standard Oil Company was credited with hastening the breakup of Standard Oil, which started like about in 1911

The New Freedom comprises the campaign speeches and promises of Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 presidential campaign.They constituted the reforms promoted by Wilson,he added new controls such as the Federal Reserve System and the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Wilson focusced on three types of reforms: the first one was the Tariff Reform. The second one was Business Reform.And the third one was the Banking Reform.

The 16 amendment is part of the United States Constitution allows the congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.

The Federal Reserve Act started in December 23,1913.The reserve act is an act of congress that created and set up the federal resereve system,the central banking system of the United States of America.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was his full name.He was born in December 28,1856 and died in February 3,1924.He was the 28th president of the United States of America and he was in the office from 1913 to 1921.He also was a leader of the Progressive Movement.
In his first year of bieng president he persuaded a Democratic Congress to pass major progressive reforms.Wilson successfully pushed na legislative agenda that few presidents have equaled.This included the Trade Comminism Act,the Clayton Antitrust Act,the Federal Farm Loan Act and an income tax.

The federal trade communism (FTC) started in september 25,1914.It is an independent agency of the United States Governenment and established in 1914 by the (FTC act) its principal mission is the promotion of the consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anti-competive business practices such as coercive monopoly.

the federal tradeee communism act was one of the president woodrow wilson's major acts against trusts.Trustsand trust-busting were significant political corners durng the progressive era

Catt was born in January 9,1859,and she was a women's suffrage leader who campainged for the 19th amendment to the US Constitution which gave the US women the right to vote 1920.Catt served as President of theNational American Women Suffrage Association and was thre founder of the league of Women Voters and the International Allisance of women.

President Roosevelt was born in January 30,1882 and died April 12,1945.He was the 32nd president of the united states through 1933 and 1945.And a central figure in world events during the mid-20 century