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The workers who participated in this strike were looking for 20 percent wage increases because of how hard they worked. Most of them got at least a 10 percent increase. They also asked for an 8-hour day instead of 10 and got 9. -
It was made to help with economic growth and promote job creation. It also improved standards of living for Americans. -
This law provided general legal protection for historic monuments on federal lands. In addition to the monuments, several resources were protected. -
Federal regulators in the ICC were granted the power to legally order railroads to set reasonable rates. Theodore Roosevelt also monitored the pricing. -
This law makes it so that you can't misbrand meat and then sell it to the public. It makes sure that they are slaughtered and made sanitary. -
They prohibited the misbranding of foods being sold to the public. It also laid a foundation for the FDA to start double-checking all these. -
This amendment grants congress the authority to issue an income tax. It doesn't need to be determined based on population as it did before. -
It is responsible for federal laws governing the occupancy of safety and health. Improve working conditions for working people. Advance profit for employment. -
This amendment grants the ability to have two senators from each state to have one vote. Senate vacancies could last for months or years depending on what it is. -
This law strengthened the authority of the ICC over railroad rates. It made them better and made sure they would be better about it instead of it being so high. -
It created the Federal Reserve System, which was made up of twelve banks that were responsible for managing the country's money. -
It was made so that they could prevent unfair competition. It also prevents unfair deceptive acts or practices of affecting commerce. -
This law prevented unfair business with monopolies and with money ranges. It also helped make prices and things a lot more tolerable to get and obtain. -
This act made it so that child labor was set back a whole bunch so it wasn't as bad anymore. It still happened but it was made to where they work less, and make sure they are doing child things. -
It set the limit you could work normally every day to 8 hours. You could work overtime if you worked with railroads since that took awhile in general. -
It was made to cover any employee's sickness, injury, or inability to do anything about a situation. It made it so that the company or whoever had to pay for the expenses. -
This amendment strictly prohibited the travel or buying of alcohol at all. It was put into action for the reason of people drinking too much and having a bunch of families with stress and trauma. -
This law recalled all alcoholic beverages that had at least 0.5% or greater alcohol in volume. It was taken away from everyone who had it and put away and wasted. -
This amendment gave women the right to vote. It allowed everyone to vote now since women were the only ones who couldn't.