During the Progressive Era, from 1900 to 1920, reformers did little to implement nationwide reforms. These reformers had worked more closely with the federal government than ever before and had achieved significant results. From 1900-1920 the Progressive Era focused on work, trust, women's rights, and poor sanitation. With the help of the federal government they were able to achieve most of their goals. The fight against labor has received a good response from federal politicians. In the midst of this period, young children worked in factories to support their families. Children under the age of fourteen work eight hours a day more than six days a week. Boys who worked in coal mines crawled into newly blasted areas and other dangerous circumstances. Jane Addams helped bring out the fact that people were stuck admiring the achievements of industries and forgot about the children themselves (Doc. C). Thanks to his influence, as well as that of others, the Child Labor Law was passed. The impact was not very significant because some industries continued to have young children working in their factories. In 1916, the Keating-Owen Act was passed prohibiting interstate shipments from factories employing children under the age of fourteen or between fourteen and sixteen who worked more than eight hours a day, overnight, or more than six days a day. week. In 1918, in Hammer v. Dagenhart, Roland Dagenhart argued that the Keating-Owen Act was not a regulation of trade (Doc. G). He believed that, under the Tenth Amendment, the state should set the rules for child labor. He felt protected by the Fifth Amendment which gave them the right to allow his children to work. The Supreme......middle of paper......monitors, monitors meat inspections and condemns any meat products deemed unfit for human consumption. Progressive reform movements were the result of industrialization and urbanization. It started as a social movement and grew into a political movement. Reformers believed that government involvement was necessary to secure American liberties and used the government to override their laws. During this period they won nationally by overcoming the Sixteenth (gave Congress the power to pass an income tax), the Seventeenth (required direct election of senators), the Eighteenth (ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol), the nineteenth (guaranteed women the right to vote), amendments and trustbusting. That era freed the labor movement from antitrust laws. They initiated reforms with child labor, labor laws, and equality for African Americans, but they were not beneficial.