Industrialization and Reform in the 1800's- Early 1900's

Public Education

Mar 9, 1852

Compulsory school attendance laws were made in order to make kids go to school so they could become a benefit to society.

National Grange

Mar 9, 1867

This movement was made by farmers that helped force railways to lower their charges for hauling farm products.

Women's Suffrage

Mar 9, 1869

Industrialization caused many women to work in factories in bad conditions. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton founded the Nation Woman Suffrage Association which helped women on their way to equal rights.

Farmer's Alliance

Mar 9, 1876

This alliance helped try to end the crop-lien system that so many farmers had fallen into.

Factory Reform

Mar 9, 1886

Goods produced by Amerca dramatically rose in the 1870's, which made more factories being built for more manufacturing. This called for more people to work, which then lead to the founding of the American Federation of Labor. This made working conditions in factories better.

Forest Reservation Act of 1891

Mar 9, 1891

Industrialization was cutting away at the forests and lands of America. This reservation act set aside forsets for national parks and other recreational activities.

Populist Party

Mar 9, 1891

The Populist party was formed in order to keep agrarian societies around. The farmers that founded this political party saw that industrialization was taking over the once dominant agrarian society.

The Carey Act of 1894

Mar 9, 1894

This act distributed federal lands to certain states of the West. This act tried to help the West industrialize, but was not very effective.

Tenement House Inspection

Mar 9, 1901

Industrialization brought many people to the city which made the cities over-populated. Small dwellings called tenements were home to many poor people in crowded cities. The Tenement House Inspection helped get the tenements a little bit healthier.

Mining Protest

Mar 9, 1902

More industrialization meant more steel, which in turn meant more miners. This made the miners work in very, if not already, tough conditions for long periods of time. The miners went on strike and made a compromise with their employers for better wages and less hours per day.