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Leadership of Carrie Chapman Catt brings attention to woman’s suffrage. Carrie Chapman Catt was elected president in 1900.
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This law established model housing code for safety and sanitation.This law set the minimum size and window requirements, require one full bathroom for every 2 families, indoor plumbing, set up Tenement House Department to perform inspections.
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They collected evidence to document conditions faced by child laborers. To prove the bad conditions they hired investigator/photographer Lewis Hine
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Promoted civil rights and equal economic opportunities
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This book exposed horrible conditions in the meatpacking industry. This also led to huge reforms in the food factory.
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This led to federal inspections of meat products. The sanitary standards at slaughterhouses and processing plants were inspected.
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Prevented poisonous or spoiled products being sold
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Means the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.The goals were to abolished segregation, establish equal justice, equal educational opportunities.
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A dropped cigarette on the eighth floor caused the fire and the workers inside were trapped. They were either unable to leave or had limited time/space to leave.
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This amendment allowed direct election of senators. Progressives wanted increased role of citizens making government decisions.
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They were nationally unpopular because they used a more radical approach. For example they used mass protests, marches, hunger strikes.
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This act banned any sale of goods produced by companies with children under a certain age.
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This banned the “manufacture, sale, or transportation” of alcohol, but this did not make it illegal to drink.
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The amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States. This amendment was finally ratified in 1920.
