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Woman's Christian Temperance Union Created
Union is created by the woman to prevent their husbands from having drinking problems -
WCTU Beginning to Fight for Woman's Suffrage
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union not only starts fighting for prohibition, but now for woman's suffrage. -
Jim Crow Laws are Created
Jim Crow Laws separated white and black people in public facilities. -
NAWSA is Created
The National Woman's Suffrage Association is created to pass woman's suffrage. -
Carrie Chapman Catt elected NAWSA President
Catt, a huge woman's suffrage activist, was elected to president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association. -
The Jungle
"The Jungle" by Upton Sintcair was a book that showed the sickening conditions of the meat packing industry. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Congress passed this act which halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling. -
Meat Inspection Act
Dictated cleanliness guidelines for all meatpacking industries in their factories. -
NAACP is Created
The NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is created and has a goal of creating equal rights for African Americans. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC Burns Down
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC burned down, killing 145 workers. It is remembered as one of the most infamous incidents in American industrial history. -
Progressive Amendments
Progressive Amendments where voters got to nominate their senators. -
17th Amendment
Each states legislature got to choose its own senator which put more power in hands of bosses -
18th Amendment
Officially makes America an "alcohol-free" country
