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the AFL
the american federation of labor organization from the 1900-1914. gompers used this organization stucture as trust. AFL xcluded unskilled workers most being Europenn immigrants or Agrican American. AFL believed had the skilled workers had the ability to cause change. by 1902 only 3% of workers were union members -
the passage of prohibition
the Anti-Saloon league and the Women's Christian Temperance Union led a push against alchhol. ASL had branches in 39 states. Thousands volunteer spakers, sprad messages in the nations church. During World War 1, th U.S navy banned the consumption of alcohol in 1914 -
city planning
the city planning movement grew out beliefs that claner cities would produce better citizens. the first National Confernce wasa held in 1909, they hopd that planning could beautify cities, and stop the spread of slums. They argued that public architecture would crate patriotism among the immigrant population. -
female and child laborers
half the women in the early 1910s worked in jobs like factory wrkers, stor clerks and earned less then $6 a week. in 1916 the Commission on Industrial Relations reported that every penny must be counted. the commissins report also attacked child labor practices. they said "the Nation is paying a heavy toll in ignorance,deformity of body or mind, and premature old age" -
the triangle shirtwaist fire
500 women worked at new york citys triangle shirtwaist company were getting ready to laeve when a fir erupted in a rag bin. scape was impossible, and ther was only two stairways. 60 workrs jumped to death, and 140 perished in the fire. Ros Schniedrman argued that only a strong movement could bring real change to the workplace.
