Progressive Movement By Abbadoorx3 Dec 5, 1873 Thomas Edison invents the electric light. Dec 5, 1889 Jane Addams founds Hull House. Dec 5, 1890 North American Women's Suffrage Association is founded.The Sherman Antitrust Act. Dec 5, 1890 Alcohol Ban Dec 5, 1890 North American Women's Suffrage Association is founded.The Sherman Antitrust Act. Nov 9, 1892 The Homestead Strike. Dec 5, 1909 NAACP is founded. Dec 5, 1913 The Sixteenth Amendment is ratified.The Seventeenth Amendment is ratified. Dec 5, 1950 The USS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine