Progressive Era

  • Tenement House Law

    Tenement House Law
    It established a code all tenements had to abide by for safety and Sanitary reasons.
  • Child labor Committee

    Child labor Committee
    They wanted to collect evidence about the working conditions and hour of the child laborers.
  • National Woman's party

    National Woman's party
    They were formed from NAWSA but were much more radical and extreme for example the would go on hunger strikes.
  • The Jungle

    The Jungle
    It showed the terrible conditions of the meat packing industry and it led to huge reforms in the food industry entirely.
  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act
    It allowed the inspection of meat to make sure it was sanitary to be fed to the general public.
  • Pure Food and Drug act

    Pure Food and Drug act
    It regulated the production of food and medicine that is going to be sold.
  • NAACP

    NAACP
    It stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored people. They wanted to abolish segregation, establish equal justice, and for equal education opportunities.
  • Niagara movement

    Niagara movement
    Racism is getting worse in the United States. So famous black writer and activist W.E.B. DuBois created the niagara movement to try and end racism.
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
    It was one of the most deadly fires to happen in the US.
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment
    It allowed the direct electing of senators.
  • Carrie Chapman Catt elected NAWSA President

    Carrie Chapman Catt elected NAWSA President
    She was so successful she brought women's suffrage to the national level.
  • Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

    Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
    It was supposed to stop child labor by stopping the selling of anything produced by child laborers.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment
    They banned the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of liquor, but it had a flaw because it never drinking was illegal.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Gave all citizens the right to vote and was not particular about gender.