8. What is segregation? What did progressives do to help African Americans?-9. What did the progressives do to make food and drugs safer for the people of the United States?-meat was really bad, no labels saying how old it was. laws were passed saying you have to have labels on all foods. started by the FDA. they wanted to make sure drugs were actually drugs and weren't extremely addictive. Pure Food And Drug Act. today; labels on food,more information on labels. Meat Expection Act. - mad cow break out in Great Britian.10. What did progressives (Teddy Rosevelt) do to help conserve land and resources in our country?-11. What did progressives do to regulate businesses in the United States?-before; business were in control before progressives. our approach was hands off, stay out of businesses. during; Sherman-Anti Trust Act.tried to break up monopolies. controlled farms. Rosevelt Trust Busting.. he was a president siding with the workers.. rosevelt didnt think there was anything wrong with trust. he filed 44 trusts and one was about coal mines. the coal miners went on strike. the ICC. the sherman anti trust act failed. another act made it illegal for corporations to aquire the stocks of other businesses in related categories. the FTC made illegal for people to do something that was against the law. stop businesses from doing things unfair. if they were caught, they would shut the company down.
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