1. Regents Review Individuals Other Than Presidents

2. 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized The Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Issued Declaration of Sentiments (modeled after Declaration of Independence).

3. 1853, Susan B. Anthony joined. Began focusing on suffrage. After the Civil War with the passage of the 14 th and 15 th amendments- women wanted it to apply to them as well. Led to the creation of New York City based National Women’s Suffrage Association. Wanted a constitutional amendment.

4. 1872- Anthony votes illegally in Presidential election. Arrested and found guilty. Anthony died in 1906. 19 th Amendment- 1920 Women’s Suffrage.

5. 1913- car maker, Henry Ford adopted the assembly line. Assembly line divided operations into simple tasks that unskilled workers could do. After Ford started using this system the time it took to make a car decreased dramatically.

6. 1913- 12 hours to make a car. 1924- 93 minutes. By 1925 a car came off the assembly line every 10 seconds. Ford’s assembly line product was the Model T.

7. 1908- 1 st year of the Model T- cost $850. Due to the assembly line and high volume sales by 1924- $295. Low price created demand. By 1920’s other car manufacturers like Chrysler and G.M. began competing with Ford.

8. Impact of Automobile: Increase in garages and gas stations. People live farther from work. Commuters (suburbs)

9. 1890-1920- The Progressive Movement focused on fixing problems in American society. Muckrakers- investigated social conditions and political corruption. 1906- Upton Sinclair writes “The Jungle”

10. “The Jungle”- was a bestseller. Exposed the unsanitary conditions in the Chicago meatpacking plants. Made consumers ill and angry. Many became vegetarians.

11. Resulted in the Meat Inspection Act- required Federal inspection of meat sold and set standards of cleanliness in meat packing plants. Pure Food and Drug Act- prohibited the manufacture, sale or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.

12. As a result of Rosa Parks, King formed The Montgomery Improvement Association. Goal- to end segregation and racism through non-violent passive resistance. Led by King, set up the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. Worked to end segregation and register blacks to vote.

13. In Birmingham arrested during protest. Wrote on scraps of paper “Letter From Birmingham City Jail.” It was a defense of non- violent protest.

14. In support of the Civil Rights Act, King organized a march on Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963- 200,000 gathered. Delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. July 2, 1964 – Civil Rights Act passed. Banned segregation in public places.

15. March 7, 1965- March from Selma to Montgomery. As protesters approached the bridge out of Selma, Sheriff ordered them to back up. Protesters knelt in prayer. State troops (and others who were deputized) attacked them.

16. Voting Rights Act of 1965: 250,000 African Americans were registered to vote. At 35, King was the youngest man to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1964). April 1968 King was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tenn.

17. 1976- Stephen Wozniak and Steve Jobs wanted to build a small computer for personal use and founded Apple Computers. Apple’s success sparked competition. 1981- International Business Machines (IBM) introduced its own PC. 1984- Apple responded with using a mouse.

18. Bill Gates- 19 year old Harvard dropout co- founded Microsoft. Microsoft designed PC software, the instructions used to program computers to perform desired tasks. 1980- IBM hired Microsoft to develop an operating system for its new PC.

19. 1985- Microsoft introduced “windows” which enabled PC’s to use a mouse activated, on screen graphic icons. Impact: Computers transformed the workplace. It linked employees within an office and among branches. Computers became an essential tool for most businesses.