-
Addams opened Hull House in
Chicago, a settlement house that helped poor immigrants that lived in the slums. -
the book How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York, which exposed the horrible conditions faced by immigrants living in the slums of New York.
-
The 18th
Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919, banning the manufacture,
transportation, and sale of alcohol. -
In 1920, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. This amendment gave all women who were citizens of the United States the right to vote in local, state, and federal elections in the U.S.
