Today we presented for our chapter 9 projects and took notes.
food and drug regulations:
1906 pure food and drug act. some foods would falsely advertise and this made you tell the truth. more people moved into the cities. 1848 drug importation act made companies not allow drugs in a lot of things. Meat inspection act in 1891 made people treat food better and clean the stations where the food goes.
Conservation:
forests were getting taken over. ranchers let cattle migrate to the great plains. National Reclamation Act in 1902 said money from the sale of lands in the west supported irigation. 50 wildlife parks were built.
Monopolies:
People wanted to promote monopolies. prohibited cotopotations from aquiring the stock of another if doin so would create a monopoly. said labor unions and farm organizations could exist. federal trade comission act in 1914.
Efficiency in the Workplace:
leaders put faith in high power to get efficiency in workplace.
Taxation and Banking:
underwood act of 1913. had to have a special session to grant this act.
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