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Seneca Calls
meeting between suffrage leaders to get women their rights -
Literacy tests and voting
The tests were hard on anyone that was not white, many people failed. Was a method for the south to bypass blacks having the right to vote -
The WCTU is formed
worked on banning alcohol in the united states
wanted to help mothers give their kids a good life, helped teach people about anti alcohol methods -
Segregation is legal
In the case of plessy vs ferguson the supreme court ruled that segregation of the races is legal if they have equal places. They ended up having worse places -
NAWSA
Formed to get womens suffrage movement even stronger,
The womens trade unions helped them -
Tenement house reform
Laws change making tenement houses safer. Added plumbing and less people per house area. Step towards cleaning up the tenements -
Anti-Alcohol movement
Women's groups are putting out different educational services, advertisements and many other methods of getting the message of temperance. -
W.E.B Dubois founds the NAACP
Web dubois worked with many people to form the association, they followed his radical style with changing the laws, had strong opinions -
The Jungle
The jungle exposed the meat industry for how dangerous and unsanitary it is.
Caused different laws to be passed and organizations such as the FDA to be formed -
Meat inspection act
helped clean up the meat market by letting people go into factories and inspect the meat, and conditions to see if they pass regulations -
Lewis Hine Photography
Lewis hine takes photos of kids in the factories to bring attention to the bad things caused by child labor -
Triangle shirtwaist fire
Women Were locked in Right After big win on rights The women werent notified about the fire Owners were persecuted but let off the hook -
The 17th amendment
Gave voters new rights when electing senators, and voting on different laws. Voters can even reject laws that seem to be bad. -
Keating-Owen Child labor
The law passed saying that anyone under 16 had shorter hours, underage workers items could not be transported or sold either, it was ruled unconstitutional because it prevented trade -
Prohibiton
People vote on banning alcohol in the united states for the producing, selling, and transporting of it.
Hoped to americanize the immigrants