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Formation of National Woman’s Party
First president was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Merger of two different suffrage organizations and their goal is to get he most states to pass women's suffrage. -
Carrie Chapman Catt elected NAWSA President
She changed the tactics of suffragists and started mass meetings, suffrage parades, and propaganda. She brings women's suffrage to national attention -
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Progressive Era
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New York Tenement House Law
Established model housing code for safety and sanitation. Gave a minimum size and window requirements, required one full bathroom for every two families, and required indoor plumbing. Set up the tenement house department to perform inspections -
National Child Labor Committee
Collect evidence to document conditions faced by child laborers. Hired photographer/ investigator Lewis Hine -
Niagara Movement
DuBois created Niagara Movement (1905-1909): group that promoted racial integration, civil rights, and equal and economic opportunities -
The Jungle
Book written by Upton Sinclair and exposed the horrible conditions of the meat packing industry. His shocking portrayal of the Chicago slaughterhouses raised the public's awareness and prompted Congress to pass the meat inspection act and the pure food and drug act. -
Meat Inspection Act
Authorized federal inspection of meat products. Meat sources were inspected before and after death and sanitary standards at slaughterhouses and processing plants. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Regulated production of sale of food and medicines and prevented poisonous or spoiled products from being sold. Formed the food and drug administration. -
NAACP is founded
Formed from the Niagara Movement. Had three goals: to abolish segregation, establish equal justice, and equal educational opportunities. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
One of the deadliest industrial fires in U.S history. Many of the workers are teenage girls many of which were recent Italian or Jewish immigrants. Led to improved factory safety standards and better working conditions -
17th amendment
Allowed for the direct election of senators. Initiative was so people can propose a law directly to other people without going through government -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Prohibited the sale of goods that were produced by factories that hired children under the age of 14, mines that employed children younger than 16, and any facility where children under 14 worked after 7:00 p.m and before 6:00 a.m or more than 8 hours daily -
18th amendment
Banned “manufacture, sale, or transportation” of alcohol. Since it was not illegal to drink, many people made their own alcohol. -
19th amendment
Ratified in August 1920. Allowed women to vote.
