The Jungle
Child Labor
Women's Suffrage
Triangle Factory Fire
Discrimination
100
Who was the author of the book, The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
100
Who was more likely to leave school?
Young girls
100
What were some hardships women faced in the factories?
Difficult jobs, long hours, low wages, dangerous conditions
100
Where did the Triangle Factory Fire happen?
New York
100
What did reformers believe assimilating immigrants into American society do?
Make them more loyal and moral citizens
200
What did the author say the factory floors were covered in?
Blood
200
What is one danger a young girl who worked in a factory might have faced?
Slipping, falling, loosing limbs, hair caught/scalped, fires
200
What did women's colleges prepare them for?
careers, leading new organizations,tackle problems in society
200
How was the fire started?
A cigarette or match
200
What was the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson about?
Segregation laws
300
How did immigrant workers keep their feet warm in the winter?
stick their feet in dead animal carcasses, wrap them up with newspapers and old sacks
300
What is one danger a Breaker Boy faced while working in the mines?
Cave-ins, explosions, smothering, crushing, stiffness, coughing/breathing issues
300
What did the 18th Amendment say?
outlawed the production and sales of alcohol
300
Why couldn't the women escape?
doors locked from inside, fire escape collapsed, too high
300
How did Japanese Americans find a way around the law that excluded them to own land?
Put the land under their children's name
400
How would workers' hands and skin dissolve away?
acid
400
What was the name of the social welfare organization that would document the working conditions children had to face?
National Child Labor Committee (NCLC)
400
What did the 19th Amendment say?
the right to vote cannot be denied because of gender
400
What was the problem with the fire trucks?
water pressure too low, ladder couldn't reach that high
400
Who believed African Americans had to demand their social and civil rights or else they would become victims of racism?
W.E.B. Du Bois
500
What was used to preserve 'smoked sausage?'
borax
500
What percentage of the industrial labor force were children?
5%
500
Who was the first group to march with picket signs outside the White House?
National Women's Party (NWP)
500
What were 3 positives that came out of the tragedy?
women's hours reduced, no children under 14 can work, improved working conditions,fire protection, enclosed staircases, sprinkler systems, lighting, ventilation, washrooms, machines must be regulated, wages and hours, child labor laws, women's labor laws, factory compensation, disability compensation
500
Who believed African Americans would win white American’s respect by working hard and being patient?
Booker T. Washington
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