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W.E.B. Du Bois birth
He was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. As a child Du Bois attended Sinday school with African American and white children. Not until high school did he realize that his skin color caused some people to not like him. -
New York State Tenement House Act
Lawrence Veiller passed this law after he heard from Henry Moscowitz about the conditions. The law required thtat any new tenements be built around courtyards to allow in light and air. New buildings also had to contain one bathroom for each apartment or for every three rooms. -
First movie to tell a story
The Great Train Robbery was the first movie to tell a story. By 1910, millions of Americans were going to the movies each week. In 1916 the New York Tiimes reported that films were the fifth-largest U.S. industry. -
Massachusetts law
This law required that all cities with a population greater than 10,000 to hold a referendum on whether that city should build at least one playground. Within the year, 41 out of 42 cities had shown their support for such actions. By 1920 cities had spent millions of dollars building palygrounds. -
First National Conference on City Planning
Its participants hoped that wise palnning could halt the spread of slums and beauty cities. Beautiful cities and impressive public architecture , they argued, would still install patriotism among th immigrant population. -
Redesigning Chicago
Daniel Burnham a leading architect and city planner, produced a magnificant plan for redesiigning Chicago. it was the first comprehensive paln to redisign a U.S. city. The enterpiece of Burnham's vision for Chicago was a soaring city hall that would inspire all residents to be good citizens. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Du bois and a group of African American and white progressive met in New York City. They discussed the lynching of two African American men in Springfield, Illinois, because of this the national association for the advancement of colored people. -
Eighteenth Amendment
The congress proposed this amendment which barred the manufacture, sale, and distrubution of alcoholic beverages. The state ratified it in 1919. Hpwever, the amendment proved unpopular and difficult to enforce it.
