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Seneca Falls Convention
This was a major women's rights convention led by Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This was a blueprint for the suffrage movement. -
Women's Christian Temperance Union formed
Led by Francis Willard, the Women's Christian Temperance Union was a group inspired by religious morals and wives/mothers whose male family members became abusive, alcoholics, or lost all of their money due to alcohol. For this reason, they lobbied for local alcohol bans and anti-alcohol education programs. -
Anti-Saloon League founded
In 1893, the Anti-Saloon League was founded. The Anti-Saloon League argued in favor of prohibition. They believed banning alcohol would make cities safer, make workers more efficient, and help to Americanize immigrants. The Anti-Saloon League was mostly supported by industrialists. -
Plessy v. Ferguson court ruling
During the Plessy v. Ferguson court hearing, Supreme Court ruled that segregation of African Americans and white people in public accommodations did not violate the 14th Amendment. This ruling was major, as it legalized racial segregation for the next 60 years. -
New York Tenement House Law passed
This law established a housing code for safety and sanitation of tenements. Prior to this law being passed, the living conditions of tenements were ridiculous, as they were crammed, had no windows, and shared a bathroom with dozens of other families. This law set regulations like 2 families to a bathroom max, windows had to be in each apartment, and other safety and sanitation concerns regarding the condition of the tenements. -
National Child Labor Committee established
The National Child Labor Committee collected evidence documenting child labor, to try to expose the truths about what children were going through during a work day at factories. They hired photographers like Lewis Hines to take photographs of child labor. -
Pure Food and Drug Act passed
This Act was actually passed on the same day as the Meat Inspection Act. The Pure Food and Drug Act was another sanitary health and safety law passed to ensure the quality of food and medicines sold were up to par. This act prevented spoiled products or even poisonous products from being sold. Soon after, the Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA was formed. -
Meat Inspection Act passed
The Meat Inspection Act authorized federal inspection of meat products that were being produced and sold. The meat sources were inspected before and after death. This Act also set sanitary standards at slaughterhouses and processing plants. -
NAACP founded
The NAACP is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Their goal was to obtain equal righs for black people. One of the tactics they used was trying to get new laws passed to guarantee rights for African Americans. -
States begin passing women's suffrage laws faster than ever
Before women are guaranteed the right to vote in the U.S., some individual states began passing women's suffrage laws. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This was a fire that broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, leading to the death of many young working women. This is a very important event in American History because it lead to changes in workplace safety laws that are still in place today. -
17th Amendment passed
The 17th Amendment allowed for the direct election of senators. The initiative was that people could propose a law directly, without going through government. Voters could then approve or reject laws. Also, in 10 states, voters could remove bad public officials from office. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Prohibited the shipment or delivery for shipment for interstate or foreign sale of any goods or services that were made by laborers under the age of 14 in a factory, shop, cannery, and 16 in a mine.To enforce this Act, the Secretary of Labor would assign inspectors to perform inspections of workplaces that produce goods for commerce. These inspectors would have the authority to make unannounced visits and would be given full access to the facility in question. -
18th Amendment goes into effect
On this date, the 18th Amendment went into effect. The 18th Amendment banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors in the United States. This was the start of Prohibition. -
19th Amendment passed
The 19th Amendment states that no person shall be denied to right to vote on account of their sex. This amendment essentially gave women the right to vote, as only men were allowed to vote before.
