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Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 {Ans: 1906 - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA.}The Espionage Act in 1917 {Ans: Law which punished people for aiding the enemy or refusing military duty during WW1. The purpose was to prohibit interference with military operations, to ban support of U.S. enemies during wartime or to promote insubordination in the military.}Triangle Shirtwaist Fire {Ans: March 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside locked exit doors; nearly 50 ended up jumping to their death; while 100 died inside the factory; led to the establishment of many factory reforms, including increasing safety precautions for workers}Gifford Pinchot {Ans: head of the U.S. Forest Servic under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them}Muckrakers {Ans: 1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business}The Fourteen Points {Ans: A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan