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| c. 1910 Ff |
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| Increasing concern about homosexuality and new beliefs about homosexual behavior (See June). | 1 |
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| 1911 |
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| The Triangle Shirtwaist fire. A tragic fire erupted at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in downtown New York City. Forty-seven young women, mostly immigrants, leaped to their deaths, while another 99 died in the flames. This tragedy caused a public outcry that resulted in the creation of the New York State Factory Commission, designed to facilitate the spread of safety and health measures. | 2 |
| Labor radicals were charged with killing 20 persons in the dynamiting of the anti-union Los Angeles Times. | 3 |
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| The National Progressive Republican League was organized, another step in the split of the Republican Party. Robert La Follette became the leader of the league. | 4 |
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| May 1 |
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| The Supreme Court, under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company and the American Tobacco Company. In the Standard Oil case, the Court enunciated the rule-of-reason doctrine, indicating its belief that the government should not attempt to outlaw “every” combination in restraint of trade, but should confine action to those contracts that resulted in an “unreasonable” restraint of trade. The enunciation of this doctrine marked a turning point in the Court's attitude toward the so-called trusts. | 5 |
| Illinois adopted the first statewide law for assistance to mothers with dependent children. In 1912 Colorado took similar action; in 1913, 18 other states enacted similar laws. | 6 |
| Several New York City social service organizations joined forces and launched the National Urban League (1911), an organization designed to improve the social and economic conditions of blacks as they moved into cities in increasing numbers. | 7 |
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