1. Progressive Era
... laws creating an eight hour work day for Federal workers. He then created the Children's Bureau and the Department of Labor. In 1916, the next president Wilson, past the Child Labor Act. This act prohibited the shipment of products manufactured by children under 14 years of age. Roosevelt's policy toward industry was his "Square Deal" policy. In this policy he favored neither business nor labor in disputes ... . When it came to monopolies and trusts Roosevelt strictly enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act. He created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and under the Elkins Act of 1903 ...
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