A tenement is an apartment house with poor safety, sanitation, and comfort conditions.
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What did young girls make in factories?
Young girls made clothes, candy, and cigars.
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What year was the Spanish American War fought?
1898
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what is the cartoon addressing?
What is look at what happening in the picture what are the countries of people in the picture
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How many people were killed because of the Maine ?
260 people died because of the Maine
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What is Ellis Island?
A small island near the Statue of Liberty in NY, where immigrants were checked for diseases and documents before they could live in America.
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what was the uprising of 20,000?
this was the largest strike by women in the history of the US
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When did the US and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris?
What is December 10th 1898
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what methods show how the artist feels?
What is symbols, allusions , irony or exaggeration
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Who was Jose Marti?
Jose Marti was one of the heros of the Cuban independence movement
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Why was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire important?
In 1911, working conditions were very unsafe. A lot of people died because they couldn't get out because of locked exists. It helped changed working conditions.
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How much of NY were immigrants or children of Immigrants ?
by 1910 4 out of 5 New Yorkers were immigrants
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What happened to Cuba after the war?
What is Cuba became a US protecorate
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what does the artist feel about this issue?
What is usually the artist is pointing out a problem what is the problem
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who controlled Cuba in the 1800's
Spain controlled Cuba in the 1800's
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What were some things that made the workplace unsafe?
The buildings were poorly lit with little fresh air and fire was always danger.
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When did the triangle shirt-waist factory catch fire?
On March 25th 1911
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What happened to Puerto Rico after the war?
Puerto Rico became a territory of the US.
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Is there a title? Is someone speaking?
Sometimes. Does it explain the cartoon?
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Who were the Rough Riders and who led them?
They were a volunteer army led by Theodore Roosevelt?
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Where did immigrants arrive from, beginning in the 1880's?
Not just Northern and Western Europe like early immigrants. Now they arrive from Southern and Eastern Europe.
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What did Firemen do to try to stop the fire?
They held out their nets. The force of the falling bodies was too much.
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What happened to the Philippines after the war?
The Philippines were bought by the US from Spain and didn't become independent until 1946 after World War ll
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Does the cartoon explain the picture?
Do I understand what the cartoon is talking about?
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what was the Maine?
the Maine was a ship sent to Cuba by the US. It exploded. Spain was blamed.