This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.

A community center organized at the turn of the twentieth century to provide social services to the urban poor, particularly immigrants, women and children.

A suffragette who was president of the National Women's Suffrage Association, and founder of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.

This person protested against lynching and spoke out in the newspaper Free Speech, asking the federal government for an anti-lynching law.

Law that authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to order meat inspections and condemn any meat product found unfit for human consumption.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans.

1883 law that created a Civil Service Commission and stated that federal employees could not be required to contribute to campaign funds nor be fired for political reasons.

A black orator and essayist. Helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He disagreed with Booker T. Washington's theories, and took a militant position on race relations.

A movement that aimed for women's right to vote, legalized with the 19th Amendment in 1920.