*Worker Safety/conditions
-amount of child workers rose
-adults weren't making enough and children were part of family economy
*Reforming elections
*Segregation
-progressives didnt do anything to help segregation
*Regulating food & drugs
-Pure Food and Drugs Act: required labels
*Conservation
*Monopolies
-monopolies were made illegal by Sherman Antitrust Act
-Clayton Antitrust Act: prohibit corporations from acquiring stock from another if it would create a monopoly
*Taxation/Banking
-federal income tax: people with higher income pay higher taxes
-split country into 12 regions all with their own head bank
*Aid Organizations
-set up to help poor and when natural disasters hit
*Muckrakers
*Efficiency in the workplace
*Women social changes
*Reforming Government
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