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The New England Association of Farmers, Mechanics and Other Workingmen officially condemns child labor.
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Massachusetts creates the first state child labor law requiring factory children under 15 to go to school a minimum of 3 months per year.
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Massachusetts limits children to working 10 hours per day. Many states do the same but are not consistent in enforcing their laws.
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If south stayed they could keep slaves
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Slavery is illegal
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Sent troops to the south
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Guarantee African American equal rights act
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A bunch of acts taken by the south to keep black people down
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Took troops from the south
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The American Federation of Labor at their first national convention calls for states to enact legislation barring children under 14 from wage labor.
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Arrhenius publishes first calculation of global warming from human emissions of CO2.
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Jane Addams founds the Juvenile Protective Association to advocate against racism, child labor, exploitation, child abuse, and child prostitution in Chicago and their effects on child development.
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Global warming trend since late 19th century reported.
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US Office of Naval Research begins generous funding of many fields of science, some of which happen to be useful for understanding climate change
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Was a boxer and turned Muslim
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Whistled at a white women, murdered and started civil rights movement
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Was a pastor and was big on peaceful movements
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Was considered violent by the fbi also was a separatist towards the end
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First Earth Day. Environmental movement attains strong influence, spreads concern about global degradation
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SMIC conference of leading scientists reports a danger of rapid and serious global change caused by humans, calls for an organized research effort.