1. What actions did progressives take to deal with the issue of child labor?
A: Progressives established a National Child Labor Comittee in 1904 to work to abolish child labor.
2. How did Roosevelt's policies help protect the health of consumers and the conseervatikn of natural resources?
A: Roosevelt's policies helped protect the health of consumers immensely. The Meat Inspection Act required federal inspection of meat sold through interstate commerce and required the Argiculture Department to set standards of cleanliness in meat packing plants. The Pure Food and Drug act, passed on the same day by Roosevelt in 1906, prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs. Roosevelt's policies also helped protect the conservation of natural resources. For example, the Newlands Reclamation Act authorized the use of Federal funds from public land sales to apply for irrigation and land development projects.
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