Progressive era (economic)

  • Tariffs

    a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
  • Trusts

    an arrangement whereby a person (a trustee) holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries.
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Congress developed the Federal Reserve Act to establish economic stability in the United States by introducing the Central Bank to oversee monetary policy.
  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    The Clayton Antitrust Act is an amendment passed by U.S. Congress in 1914 that provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.