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Tuskegee Institute opens
Booker T Washington, a Hampton institute student founded the Tuskegee institute. It was an institute in alabama to train teachers to provide practical education for african americans. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
This took place in Louisiana, Supreme Court. Plessy worked with African Americans.Train company worked at said there was someone sitting in wrong car. Plessy refused to move from White Car. He was Arrested and Convicted for breaking Louisiana's segregation law.Claimed that he was denied equal protection under law. Wanted train equality. To challenge 14th amendments equal protection clause. -
Meat Inspection Act
Meat Inspection Act gives USDA responsibility for inspection of sanitation for processing facilities, Pre-market approval of labels and Compliance of imported meats with same requirements -
NAACP formed
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is a civil rights organization to fight prejudice, and Jim Crow segregation, and to work for the better of people of color. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
In Manhattan NY, The Asch Building on the 9th and 10th floor, there was 146 deaths and 71 injuries. It was one of the deadliest industrial disasters of New York. The fire cause the death of garment workers. The owners had locked the doors to stairwells and exits, locking workers in was common practice to prevent stealing or unauthorized breaks. There was no alarm system to warn people that might have been saved. Fire escapes were faulty and difficult to get to. -
election of 1912
Wilson, Roosevelt, and Taft, were all candidates to be president for the 1912 election. Wilson won 41.8% of the national popular vote, while Roosevelt won 27%, Taft 23%,, and Debs 6%. -
16th Amendment
Amendment to the United States Constitution (1913) gave Congress the power to tax income. -
17th amendment
This amendment to the Constitution calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures. -
18th amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages -
19th amendment
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.
