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grandfather clause
The Grandfather Clause was a statute enacted by many American southern states in the wake of Reconstruction -
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Founded
Inspired by religious morals and wives/mothers whose male family members became abusive, alcoholics, broke, etc. due to drinking -
Jim Crow Laws are Created
Jim Crow laws, named for the minstrel show character, were passed in the late 1800s by the legislatures of the Southern states that discriminated against African Americans in the south. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association Formed
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Anti-Saloon League Formed
Make cities safer
Workers would be more efficient
Help to americanize immigrants
Took over prohibition movement in early 1900
Supported by industrialists: because it makes workers -
Poesy v. Ferguson
Supreme court ruled that separating the races in public accommodations did not violate the 14th amendment -
New York Tenement House Law
Established model housing code for safety and sanitation. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
regulated production of sale of food and medicines -
The Jungle
The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. -
Meat inspection Act
meat sources inspected before and after death
Sanitary standards at slaughterhouses and processing plants -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Burns down because the workers are locked in the factory. -
17th Amendment
Each states legislature got to choose its own senator which put more power in hands of bosses. -
18th Amendment
Officially makes America an "alcohol-free" country -
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
The FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.
