Progressive Era
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Updated: 14 Nov 2019
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Created byKatie Underwood
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the triangle shirtwaist factory in Manhattan caught fireA man named Jacob Riis spent his time going to tenement buildings to show the condition of living for peoplewomen formed national women's club federationsthe national women's association started picketing the white housePresident Woodrow Wilson declared his support to women's sufferagemany states passed laws to check the growing power of vast new opportunitiesThe U.S. supreme court upheld these laws in a series of rulings cases like Munn vs. Illinois and stone vs. WisconsinCongress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, which established the Interstate Commerce Commission to stop discriminatory and predatory pricing practicesThe Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 aimed to limit anticompetitive practices, such as those institutionalized in cartels and monopolistic corporationsrapid industrialization, technological advancements, and urban growth
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