During the Progressive Era from 1900 to 1920, reformers were not very successful in introducing reforms at the national level. These reformers had worked more closely than ever before with the federal government and had made significant progress. Between 1900 and 1920, the Progressive Era focused on work, trust, women's rights, and poor sanitation. With help from the federal government, they were able to achieve most of their goals. The anti-labor fight received a good reception from federal politicians. In the middle of this period, very young children worked in factories to support their families. Children under the age of fourteen work eight hours a day for more than six days a week. Boys working in the coal mines were crawling through recently destroyed areas as well as other dangerous circumstances. Jane Addams helped point out that people were stuck in admiring the achievements of industries and forgetting about the children themselves (doc. C). Through his and others' influence, the Child Labor Act was passed. There was not much impact as 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 fourteen years of age or children between fourteen and sixteen years of age who work more than eight hours per day, at night or more six days a week. In 1918, in Hammer v. Dagenhart, Roland Dagenhart argued that the Keating-Owen Act was not a regulation of commerce (doc. G). According to him, according to the Tenth Amendment, the state should establish rules regarding child labor. He felt protected by the Fifth Amendment which gave them the right to allow his children to work. The Supre...... middle of paper ......tors, monitors meat inspections and condemns any meat product deemed unfit for human consumption. Progressive reform movements were the result of industrialization and urbanization. It started as a social movement and turned into a political movement. Reformers believed that government involvement was necessary to secure American freedoms and used the government to pass their laws. During this period, they were victorious at the national level through the Sixteenth (giving Congress the power to adopt an income tax), the Seventeenth (mandatory direct election of senators), the Eighteenth (banning the sale and consumption of alcohol), the nineteenth (guarantee for women). the right to vote), amendments and breach of trust. This era freed the labor movement from antitrust laws. They initiated reforms on child labor, labor laws, and equality for African Americans, but were not beneficial..