Over 140 young Jewish and Italian women died in a fire caused by unsafe conditions in the ____________________ Company
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Triangle Shirtwaist
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Why were many women part of the settlement house reform movement?
A) They believed that poverty was the worst problem in society and must be prevented. B) Men were not interested in urban poverty, and women were the only ones left to tackle the problem. C) The women who helped start settlement houses could bring their children there, which made it easier for them. D) It was one of the few places in American society to which they could bring their talents. E) Women believed that education was the only way to eradicate poverty in the United States.
For a late-nineteenth-century unmarried working-class woman, why did amusement parks exert a powerful lure?
A) They offered opportunities to supplement meager wages through evening or weekend employment.
B) They provided opportunities for the entire family to have a wholesome outing.
C) They were places to meet friends, get away from parental supervision, and try out the latest dance steps.
D) They had employment bureaus where factory owners recruited for high-paying jobs.
E) They were places to buy bagels, baked potatoes, soda, and other foods and drinks not otherwise available.
In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants to the United States
A. read English-language newspapers and frequented chain stores. B. found the transition to their new country to be fairly easy. C. totally cut their links to their native countries. D. were already experienced as urban-dwelling, industrial workers. E. formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities.
According to Thomas Hobbes, absolutism is favorable because
A) people create government to enrich society. B) absolute rulers have no limiting power. C) God is the source of power for rulers. D) people are not capable of governing themselves. E) government exists to protect property.