According to the documentary film on New York City, the March 1911 Triangle Factory fire mainly took the lives of which ONE of the following?Group of answer choicesNew York University students whose school was located near the factoryYoung immigrant women who worked in the factoryOlder immigrant men working in the factoryNew York City firefighters and police officers

Read the passage.The Triangle Shirtwaist FireThe early twentieth century was a difficult time for New York City's garment workers, many of whom were immigrant women who worked long hours in dangerous factories for poverty-level wages. After the garment workers went on strike in 1910, some factory owners improved their workplaces and allowed employees to join unions. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a notable exception: the owners resisted a union and continued to maintain shoddy working conditions. On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the factory. Many workers were trapped inside; the rickety fire escape collapsed, and the only accessible exit had been locked. In all, 146 workers perished. The tragedy sparked public outrage about labor injustices, and citizens pressed their government to take action. Consequently, over the next few years, New York's legislature passed many laws designed to improve workplace safety.What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed almost 150 factory workers, who were trapped inside due to a locked exit and a broken fire escape.Despite a strike by garment workers, the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory refused to support unionization.Because of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the government began to regulate working conditions in factories.Submit

Identify which of the answers is a key word in the paragraph that follows. The paragraph is about the fire at the Triangle Waist Company building that killed 146 people in New York City in 1911. A fire at the Triangle Waist Company factory, a ten-story high building, yesterday caused the deaths of one hundred and seventy-five workers. The fire, which began just after the workers stopped working, spread quickly through the top three floors used by the company, blocking access to staircases and elevators. Many of the young women and girls working there were burned in the fire, while others died after trying to escape through the windows. Few had time to escape, and instead could only watch in horror as the flames quickly approached. Source: The Jewish Daily Forward, 26 March 1911. Translated into English by Tina Lunson. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5482.Multiple choice question.staircasesworkerselevatorswindows

According to the documentary film on New York City, starting in the 1880s, immigrants came to New York predominantly from WHAT region of the world?Group of answer choicesSoutheast AsiaSouth AmericaEastern EuropeThe Middle East

Which primary source document would give you insight into how the Great Chicago Fire affected working-class families? A. a letter B. a newspaper account C. an essay D. an immigrant newspaper

According to the documentary film on New York City, immigrants came to New York City through Ellis Island largely because of their search for which ONE of the following?Group of answer choicesBetter health careEmploymentFarmlandFreedom