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Chicago’s Hull House
Hull House was a settlement house belonging to the United States settlement movement that was founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago , Hull House (named after the first owner of the original house, Charles Jerald Hull) opened its doors to newly arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had grown to 13 buildings -
Progressive Era 1890-1920
The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption. -
How the Other Half Lives
a pioneering work to photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York city slums in the 1880s. -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws. Before the turn of the 20th century, a major reform movement had emerged in the United States. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation; purpose was to protect the public against adulteration of food and from products identified as healthful without scientific support -
NAACP
The NAACP or national association for the advancement of colored people was established in 1909 and is american's oldest and largest civil rights organization.