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    The document provides questions for students to answer about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City. It directs students to a website to read about the fire and explore photos and illustrations. The questions probe working conditions, the factory workers, what prevented escapes during the fire, the death toll, outcomes of the tragedy, and settlements paid to victims' families. Students are also asked to sketch a photo from the site and a political cartoon about the event, explaining who is depicted and the cartoon's message.

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    The document provides questions for students to answer about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City. It directs students to a website to read about the fire and explore photos and illustrations. The questions probe working conditions, the factory workers, what prevented escapes during the fire, the death toll, outcomes of the tragedy, and settlements paid to victims' families. Students are also asked to sketch a photo from the site and a political cartoon about the event, explaining who is depicted and the cartoon's message.

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    The document provides questions for students to answer about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City. It directs students to a website to read about the fire and explore photos and illustrations. The questions probe working conditions, the factory workers, what prevented escapes during the fire, the death toll, outcomes of the tragedy, and settlements paid to victims' families. Students are also asked to sketch a photo from the site and a political cartoon about the event, explaining who is depicted and the cartoon's message.

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    Name __________________________________________ Date ______________________ Pd. ___________ U.S.

    History

    Tragedy and Reform: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire


    Go to the website at the following address: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/narrative1.html Read the story of the 1911 fire. Explore the photo and the illustrations. Answer the questions below. 1. Describe the working conditions at the northern corner of Washington Square East in Manhattan, New York, the location of the Asch Building, the home of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company.

    2. Describe the typical factory worker at the company.

    3. When fire broke out on March 25, 1911 on the top floors of the building, what prevented the workers from escaping?

    4. How many of the approximately 500 workers died in the fire?

    5. What was a major outcome of the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company?

    6. After being acquitted in a criminal trial, the owners of the Asch Building settled the civil suits brought against them by family members of the fire victims by paying ________________________ per life lost.

    7. Visit the page titled Photos and Illustrations. Choose one of the photos to view. Choose one photo to sketch. Include a brief caption to identify the photo.

    8. View the first political cartoon drawn about the event. Sketch the cartoon below. Write a few sentences explaining the cartoon. Be sure to address the following questions. Who is the man on the left? Who are the people on the right? What is happening? What is the message of the cartoon?

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