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The Jungle
Book that exposed the dangers of tenements and meat packing industry factories and sweatshops -
Child Labor Committee
Collected evidence to document conditions faced by child laborers -
17th amendment
people were allowed to vote for the senator -
18th amendment
prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol -
Carrie Chapman Catt elected NAWSA President
changed tactics of suffragists, started mass meetings, suffrage parades, propaganda -
Tenements Law
Established model housing code for safety and sanitation for the people who lived there-- 2 bathrooms for 2 families, indoor pluming -
Meat inspection act
authorized federal inspection of meat products before being sold to public -
Pure food and drug act
regulated production of food and medicine, and prevented poisonous or spoiled products to be sold -
NAACP
abolished segregation, established equal justice, and there was equal educational opportunities -
Niagara Movement
Group that promoted racial integration, civil rights, and equal economic opportunities, Racial discrimination worsening in U.S -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
a guy locked the women workers in the room to prevent stealing from the factory and someone dropped a cig and made the building lite of fire and they were trapped in the building, the fire escape broke and the elevator was covered in some and fire so they had no option but jump out of the window. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
banning the sale of products made by companies that employed children under certain ages -
Formation of National Woman’s Party
Used mass protests, marches, hunger strikes, fought for women's suffrage so that women can be able to vote for what they want in the United States. -
19th amendment
granted the right for women to vote
