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Hull House Establishment
The Hull House was Chicago's first social settlement and a place that helped recently arrived European immigrants learn how to do various things and start their new lives.
(Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr)
(https://www.nps.gov/places/hull-house.htm#:~:text=In%201889%2C%20Jane%20Addams%20and,house%20in%20the%20United%20States.) -
Sherman Antitrust act
The Sherman Antitrust Act stops people from being able to control the entire industry and gives others a fair chance.
(https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/sherman_antitrust_act#:~:text=Sherman%20Antitrust%20Act%20of%201890,is%20codified%20in%2015%20U.S.C.) -
Pure Food and Drug Act
A regulation known as the Pure Food and Drug Act shielded consumers against food and medications that were mislabeled and misbranded. President Theodore Roosevelt signed it, and it aided in the formation of agencies we know today like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).(https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-and-progressive-era/pure-food-and-drug-act) -
Muller v. Oregon Supreme Court Decision
This case limited the workday for female workers to ten hours. This case started the state activity in protective labour laws.(https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/muller_v_oregon_1908_/#:~:text=By%20Lawrence%20Lipin-,Muller%20v.,realm%20of%20protective%20labor%20legislation.) -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)
The NAACP is an organization that Battles for equality, civil rights and the elimination of racial discrimination through lobbying and legal actions.(https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Association-for-the-Advancement-of-Colored-People) -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
146 workers—mostly immigrant women—died in one of the deadliest industrial tragedies in New York history as a result of hazardous working conditions. New rules pertaining to worker safety and extensive labour changes resulted from this.(https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire) -
17th Amendment Ratification
US senators may now be chosen by the general public rather than by state legislatures according to the 17th Amendment. By strengthening democracy, this amendment reduced the power of political parties.(https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/17th-amendment) -
Federal Reserve System
Due to some widespread financial panic the need for a central banking system was needed and then filled by the Federal Reserve Act.(https://www.federalreserve.gov/) -
National Parks
The National Park Service Organic Act gave many people across the country access to habitat-protected areas to enjoy and relax.(https://www.nationalparks.org/explore/parks) -
Women's Suffrage Movement
After ratification, the 19th Amendment allowed women to vote. This was a huge victory for gender equality and allowing more people to participate in politics, for which suffragists had fought tirelessly for many years.(https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20the%20mid%2D19th,women%20the%20right%20to%20vote.)