Question

I only have to answer one question.

1. What influence did Horace Mann and Dorothea Dix have on American society?
2. Select one of the following muckrakers and describe how he or she changed society.

Upton Sinclair
Ida Tarbell
Jacob Riis

3. Why was civil service reform important for the development of the United States?
4. Was government intervention to provide workplace safety necessary in the late 19th century? Why or why not?
5. How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire contribute to safer working conditions?

Answer 1

How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire contribute to safer working conditions?

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire claimed 146 lives, most of them immigrant women. The sheer horror of such a dreadful fire highlighted the unsafe working conditions in factories and sweatshops. It was the beginning of widespread improvements.