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The Social Gospel and settlement house movemnt of the 1800s
Thsi movement aimed to help the poor trhough community centers, churches, and socail sercivices inspired even more reform activites. Many of these socail welfare reformers worked to soften some of the harsh conditions of industrialization. -
Illinois Factory Act in 1893
Florence Kelley became an advocate for improving the lives of women and children. She was appointed chief inspector of factories after she had helped to win passage of the Illinois Factory Act. The act Which prohibted child labor and limited women's working hours. -
Anti-Saloon League founded in 1895
Members of this league sought to close saloons to cure society's problems. Tension often arose between the members and those immigrants whose customs often included the consumption of alcohal. -
Hurricane and Tidal wave hit Galveston, Texas.
Natural disasters sometimes played an important role in prompting reform of city governments. Experts took charge of a different city department and soon Galveston was rebuilt -
Robert M. La Follette
Republican Robert M. La Follette led the way in regulating big business. He servd three terms as governor before he entered the U.S Senate in 1906. La Follette's major target was the railroad industry. He taxed railroad property at the same rate as other business property. -
Muller v. Oregon
The Supreme Court sometimes took a more sympathetic view of the plight of workers. In the case of Muller v. Oregon Brandies convinced teh Court to uphold an Oregon law limiting women to a ten-hour workday -
Henry Ford
Henry Fod reduced the workday to eight hours and paid workers five dollars a day to keep automobile workers happy. Ths attracted thousands of workers but they exhuasted themselves.
