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The New York State Tenement House Act is Passed
Lawrence Veiller managed to expose the awful tenement sitations, and enabled the act to be passed. It required new tenements to be built in open air and light, and forced all tenements to haveat least one bathroom per every three rooms. Reformers in other states used this to back up their plans. (Page 559) -
McClure's Publication of "Tweed Days in St. Louis"
Journalists Lincoln Steffens and Claude Wetmore created this book to expose the corruption of the political machine in St. Louis. This is thought of as the very beginning of this type of exposing journalism. They compared the corrupt political machines to Boss Tweed's control of New York City. (Page 549) -
The Organization of National Child Labor Committee
Florence Kelley, a reformer, worked tirlessly to organize this for years. She managed to being persuading states to make laws against employing young children. The idea caught on quickly, and by 1912, laws had been past in 39 states. (Page 553) -
Lochner v. New York Case
This case overturned a New York law limiting baker's workdays to ten hours. Some believed this was denying workers of their freedom of conract, or their freedom to negoiate the terms of their employment. The Court decided that business owners should be able to accept longer work hours, if needed. (Page 555) -
The Organization of the National Association for the Advancemet of Colored People
W.E.B Du Boi, a very influential African American, met with others like him in New York City for a meeting. They formed the association from this meeting, and it became a huge contender in the fight for racial equality. They created a magazine that circulated to 100,000 by 1918. (Page 563) -
"The Uprising of 20,000"
The Internationa Ladies' Garment Workers Union,or the ILGWU, staged one of the biggest strikes of their time. Thousands of workers walked from their jobs, demanding wage increases and shortened work hours. They were backed up by many different unions. In the end, many employers agreed to their demands. (Page 556) -
The Organization of the Society of American Indians
A group of 50 American Indinans met to discuss their equality as a race in the rapidly growing America. They worked to improve civil rights, education, health, and local government for their people. They struggled between one another with the decision of whether to assimilate into US culture, or to attempt to strengthen ther roots as Indians. (Page 564) -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
In the Triangle Waistshirt company building in the midst of New York City, an enormous fire broke out in the rag bin as the workers were leaving for the week. The 10-story building became engulfged in flames, beginning with the eighth floor. 140 women workers perished in the flames. (Page 554) -
The Rise of the Wobblies
Wobblies, members of the IWW, the Industrial Workers of the World, led a huge strike in 1912.They led strikers against their employers at textile mills. 10,000 workers went of a well-publicized, two-month strike. The owners of the mills eventually gave into their demands. (Page 557) -
Crongress Proposes the Eighteenth Amendment
The Amendment attempted to restrain the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. In 1919, the states ratified it. However, it was repealed in 1933 because it was unpopular among the citizens and it proved difficult to enforce. (Page 561)
