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The Hull House was Chicago's first social settlement and a place that helped recently arrived European immigrants learn how to do various things and start their new lives.
(Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr)
(https://www.nps.gov/places/hull-house.htm#:~:text=In%201889%2C%20Jane%20Addams%20and,house%20in%20the%20United%20States.) -
The Sherman Antitrust Act stops people from being able to control the entire industry and gives others a fair chance.
(https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/sherman_antitrust_act#:~:text=Sherman%20Antitrust%20Act%20of%201890,is%20codified%20in%2015%20U.S.C.) -
A regulation known as the Pure Food and Drug Act shielded consumers against food and medications that were mislabeled and misbranded. President Theodore Roosevelt signed it, and it aided in the formation of agencies we know today like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).(https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/congress-and-progressive-era/pure-food-and-drug-act) -
This case limited the workday for female workers to ten hours. This case started the state activity in protective labour laws.(https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/muller_v_oregon_1908_/#:~:text=By%20Lawrence%20Lipin-,Muller%20v.,realm%20of%20protective%20labor%20legislation.) -
The NAACP is an organization that Battles for equality, civil rights and the elimination of racial discrimination through lobbying and legal actions.(https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Association-for-the-Advancement-of-Colored-People) -
146 workers—mostly immigrant women—died in one of the deadliest industrial tragedies in New York history as a result of hazardous working conditions. New rules pertaining to worker safety and extensive labour changes resulted from this.(https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire) -
US senators may now be chosen by the general public rather than by state legislatures according to the 17th Amendment. By strengthening democracy, this amendment reduced the power of political parties.(https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/17th-amendment) -
Due to some widespread financial panic the need for a central banking system was needed and then filled by the Federal Reserve Act.(https://www.federalreserve.gov/) -
The National Park Service Organic Act gave many people across the country access to habitat-protected areas to enjoy and relax.(https://www.nationalparks.org/explore/parks) -
After ratification, the 19th Amendment allowed women to vote. This was a huge victory for gender equality and allowing more people to participate in politics, for which suffragists had fought tirelessly for many years.(https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20the%20mid%2D19th,women%20the%20right%20to%20vote.)