Table of Legislation from Progressive Era

Legislation
	Act	Provisions
1902	National Reclamation Act	Funded dams and irrigation projects in the West.
1906	Hepburn Act Pure Food and Drug Act Meat Inspection Act Antiquities Act	Regulates railroad rates and other practices. Imposes strict labeling requirements for food processors and pharmaceutical companies. Requires federal inspection of packinghouses.  Protects archeological sites in Southwest.
1909	Payne-Aldrich Tariff	Raises tariffs, deepens Republican split.
1910	Mann Act Mann-Elkins Act	Antiprostitution measure; prohibits transporting  a woman  across state lines for“immoral purposes.” Strengthens powers of Interstate Commerce Commission.
1913	Underwood-Simmons Tariff Federal Reserve Act	Lowers tariff rates; Wilson plays key role. Restructures U.S. money and banking system.
1914	Federal Trade Commission Act Clayton Antitrust Act Narcotics Act	Creates FTC as federal watchdog  agency over corporations. Specifies illegal business practices. Forbids distribution of addictive drugs except by physicians  and pharmacists.
1916	Federal Farm Loan Act Keating-Owen Act Adamson Act Workmen’s Compensation Act	Enables farmers to secure low-interest  federal loans. Bans products  manufactured  by child labor from interstate commerce. Establishes eight-hour workday for interstate railway workers. Provides accident and injury projection for federal workers.

Court Rulings
	Court Case	Significance
1904	Northern Securities case	Supreme Court upholds antitrust suit against Northern Securities  Company, a railroad conglomerate.
1906	Lochner v. New York	Supreme Court overturns New York law setting maximum working  hours for bakery workers.
1908	Muller v. Oregon	Supreme Court upholds Oregon law setting maximum working  hours for female laundry workers.
1911	Standard Oil Co. v. U.S.	Supreme Court orders dissolution  of Standard Oil.
1927	Buck v. Bell	Supreme Court upholds Virginia sterilization law.

Constitutional Amendments
	Amendment	Provisions
1913	Sixteenth Amendment Seventeenth Amendment	Gives Congress authority to impose income tax. Requires the direct election of U.S. senators by voters.
1919	Eighteenth Amendment	Prohibits the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors.
1920	Nineteenth Amendment	Grants women the vote.