Progressive_Presidents_Timeline

Progressive Presidents Timeline William Howard Taft  1908 William Howard Taft is elected president, and James S. Sherman is vice president.  1908 Muller vs. Oregon. The Supreme Court rules that an Oregon law instituting the maximum hours a woman can work is constitutional.  1909 The Smoking Opium Exclusion Act prohibits importing of opium for other than medicinal purposes.  1909 The NAACP was founded by W.E.B. DuBois.  1909 Payne-Aldrich Act passedwhich lowered tariffs.  1910 The Mann-Elkins Act is passed by Congress. It increases the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission and extends the Commissions power to include telegraph and telephone companies.  1910 The Mann Act is passed by Congress also known as the "white slave traffic act." It prohibits the transportation of women across state lines for immoral purposes.  1911 Standard Oil Company destroyed by Supreme Court by the Sherman Antitrust Act. Administration also effected the tobacco trusts and proceeded with many other antitrust suits.  1911 A Childrenís Bureau is formed within the U.S. Department of Labor to investigate and protection of maternal and infant health.  1912. New Mexico and Arizona became the last of the 48 states.  1912 President Taft won renomination by Republican roosevelt, president, act, wilson, theodore, woodrow, national, william, taft, federal, white, things, states, 1906, world, united, signs, peace, monuments, first, commission, 1913, women, railroad, prize, presidents, presidency, power, passed, panama, nobel, new, house, establishes