History Day timeline

Area of coverage

Period: Jan 1, 1820 to Jan 1, 1950

Mother Jones Born

May 1, 1830

The Great Chicago Fire Destroys the city

Jan 1, 1873

Lewis Hine Born, 1874

Sep 26, 1874

Lewis Hine is born in Oshkosh, WI, 1874

Lewis Hine is hired by the NCLC

Jan 1, 1911

Lewis Hine takes Breaker Boys Picture

Jul 13, 1911

Palmer-Owens Act, 1912

Jan 1, 1912

The Palmer-Owens Act is passed in 1912

The First World War Begins

Jul 28, 1914

Keating-Owens Act, 1918

Jan 1, 1918

The Keating-Owens Act is passed in 1918

Dagenhart defeats Keating-Owens Act

Jan 1, 1918

in the Dagenhart case, The Keating-Owens Act is defeated

The First World War ends

Nov 11, 1918

Stock Market Crashes, Great Depression begins

Oct 29, 1929

Mother Jones dies in 1930

Nov 30, 1930

Mother Jones dies on 11/30/30 at the age of 100

FLSA of 1938

Oct 1, 1938

The Fair Labor Standards Act is passed in 1938

Hine Dies in 1940

Nov 3, 1940

Lewis Hine dies on November 3rd, 1940