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WCTU: Women
This Union worked for women's suffrage and the prohibition of alcohol. With their slogan "Do Everything", they opened kindergartens for immigrants and visited inmates in prison and asylums. -
WCTU: Prohibition
Led by Francis Willard, this union was inspired by religious morals and women whose male family members were abusive, alcoholics, or made them broke due to alcohol. They lobbied for local alcohol bans and started anti-alcohol education programs. -
National American Woman’s Suffrage Association
As President, Elizabeth Cady Stanton's goals were to get the state gov. to pass woman’s suffrage, Test out the 14th Amendment, and an addition amendment that gives them the right to the constitution. They were supported by unions. -
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
The Supreme Court ruled that separating the races in public accommodations didn't violate the 14th Amendment. Through this, the term "separate but equal" was created, legalizing racial segregation for 60 yrs. -
Prohibition Movement
This movement was against the consumption, production & sale of alcohol arguing that alcohol leads to impaired moral judgement & immoral behavior. Protestant fundamentalists, women, and navitists supported the prohibition of alcohol believing it would lower crime rates, protect women/children, & Americanize immigrants. -
New York Tenement House Law of 1901
This act established model housing code for safety & sanitations. Additionally it minimized the size and window requirements, it required one full bathroom for every 2 families and it required indoor plumbing. The Tenement House Department were also required to perform inspections. -
National Child labor Committee of 1904
This committee collected evidence about child labor. A hired special photographer, Lewis Hinds, photographed and documented child working conditions. -
Pure Food & Drug Act of 1906
This act regulated the production of sale of food and medicines. It prevented poisonous or spoiled products from being sold. -
Meat Inspection Act of 1906
This act authorized federal inspection of meat products where the meat was inspected before and after death. Sanitary standards were established at slaughterhouses as well the processing of plants. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, their goal was to get equal rights for African Americans. Their tactic was to fix the laws legally, including getting them written down in law books. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Business owners Harris and Blanck locked their workers inside the factory preventing them from escaping during the fire. Started by a dropped cigarette, the fire efficiently killing 145 people. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916
This act prohibited the shipment delivery for any goods/services that were produced by laborers who's hours and age were cut down. The Sec. of Labor sent inspectors at workplaces (trade) at any time they desired, enabling them to imprison anyone who violated the act. The Supreme Court ruled this act unconstitutional. -
National Woman's Party
Lead by Alice Paul, these woman chose radical methods such as using mass protests, marches, hunger strikes, efficiently taking risks to get attention by getting jailed. -
18th Amendment
Congress passed this amendment to ban, “manufacture, sale, or transportation” of alcohol although it wasn't illegal to drink. It was easily ratified, prohibiting the use of alcoholic beverages. -
The 19th Amendment
This Amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote by the year 1920. Supported by President Wilson, Congress passed the 19th Amendment. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
This Act prohibited most of child labor. It survived Supreme Court's challenges to rule it out and is still law today. This reversed Hammer vs. Dagenhart and was a comeback on Congress' part after Supreme Court ruled the Keating Owen Child Labor Act unconstitutional.
