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Seneca Falls
The American Women's Right's movement began with a meeting at Seneca Falls -
Women's Temperance Union
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is an active temperance organization that was among the first organizations of women -
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
in response to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) cutting wages of workers for the third time in a year. Striking workers would not allow any of the trains, mainly freight trains, to roll until this third wage cut was revoked. -
The Haymarket Affair
In Chicago, workers were protesting an 8 hour work day when an unknown person threw a bomb into the crowd killing, and injuring many -
The Homestead Strike
The Homestead Strike of the Homestead Massacre was a strike that ended with the two sides fighting and killing each other -
Anti Saloon League
The Anti Saloon League was one of the first organizations against the establishment of any Saloon in America -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal" -
New York Tenements House Law
Laws to ban the construction of dark, poorly ventilated tenement buildings in the state of New York. -
National Child Labor Committee
the National Child Labor Committee set out on a mission of "promoting the rights, awareness, dignity, well-being and education of children and youth as they relate to work and working." -
The Jungle
A novel that portrayed the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities -
Meat Inspection Act
an American law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans -
Triangle Factory Fire
Fire in New York City Factory which paved the way for reform but unfortunately amounted in the deaths of many -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment called for the banning of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as woman suffrage
