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flammable (adj.) ✔Ans - capable of being set on fire and of burning quickly reign (v.) ✔Ans - if some things reign over something else, it means they dominate it portable (adj.) ✔Ans - something that can be carried or moved easily inspection (n.) ✔Ans - an official examination or review enact (v.) ✔Ans - to make a bill or other legislation officially become part of the law How many floors did the Asch building have? ✔Ans - Ten, but the Triangle Factory was only on the top three floors. Which floor was the deadliest on the day of the fire? ✔Ans - ninth What is the lesson that can be learned from reading both articles? ✔Ans - The tragedy of the Triangle Factory fire could have been prevented. What is the central idea of the second article, "The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire?" ✔Ans - The aftermath of the fire: It explains what we learned from this tragedy, and what kind of preventative measures were taken so that it would not happen again. What is the central idea of the first article, "Flesh and Blood So Cheap?" ✔Ans - It's about the events of the fire, giving an emotional and vivid account of the moments during which the fire took place.
central idea ✔Ans - the most important idea about the topic supporting details ✔Ans - facts, reasons, statistics, examples, or sensory details that support a main idea chronological order ✔Ans - organization of events in the order that they happened Why couldn't Ida Willensky open the door on the eighth floor? ✔Ans - The door opened inward and the panicked people were in the way. Why did author report such vivid descriptive details about what went on during the fire? ✔Ans - He wanted the reader to understand the terror and panic of this horrific event. What inspired people to take action after the Triangle Factory Fire? ✔Ans - You need to answer this one on your own! Why weren't the firefighters able to get water through the windows of the building? ✔Ans - The water pressure would have thrown victims back into the fire. Why did the ninth floor have the largest number of deaths? ✔Ans - It was crowded, the fabric and oil exploded instantly into flames and the exits were locked or blocked. Why couldn't the fireman use their life nets? ✔Ans - The life nets were not able to handle the tremendous force of the falling bodies. What year did the state of New York enact the 33 new labor laws? ✔Ans - 1914 The owners of the Triangle Factory... ✔Ans - were accused of putting "profits over people's lives, and not caring about the dangerous conditions in their factory.
What year did New York State pass the 33 labor laws and what were they the foundation of? ✔Ans - It's on the Cheat Sheet in your packet - find it on your own! Who forced the City of New York to form the Bureau of Fire Prevention in 1911? ✔Ans - Outraged citizens What changes were made after the Triangle Factory Fire that still affect us today? ✔Ans - It's on the Cheat Sheet in your packet - find it on your own! About what time did the fire start and how long did it last? ✔Ans - It started somewhere between 4:40-4:45pm and it lasted about 35 minutes. Why did the factory owners ultimately get away with it? ✔Ans
- They didn't break any laws because there weren't any laws to convict them of. What happened on April 5th, 1911? ✔Ans - A mass funeral to honor the victims About how many people were in the funeral procession and how many watched silently from the sidewalk in a heavy rain? ✔Ans - Approximately, 120,000 were in the funeral procession and 400,000 watched silently from the sidewalk. How many died in the fire? ✔Ans - They believe it was 146 - 16 men were identified and the rest were women, girls or bodies and body part listed as "unidentifiable." What are the two worst workplace disasters in New York history? ✔Ans - The Triangle Factory Fire and 9-11. What is the title of Source 1 and the name of the author? ✔Ans - It's in your packet and book!
What is the title of Source 2 and the name of the author? ✔Ans - It's in your packet and book! When the fire first broke out, the workers tried to put the fire out but... ✔Ans - didn't have enough water because the stand pipe wasn't connected. Vivid descriptive details were used such as... ✔Ans - fire raged on the eighth floor with flaming embers exploding the elevator shafts became wind tunnels wind gusts made eerie sounds like the howling of great beasts in pain Embers landed and instantly, the air seemed to catch fire Six girls' bodies fell past me and when I landed on the elevator, it was on the body of a dead girl The author included the vivid details to show how horrifying the event was... ✔Ans - so the reader could understand the terror and panic. On the ninth floor, one stairway exit was soon blocked by flames and the other door was... ✔Ans - locked. After the elevator stopped working,... ✔Ans - some people tried to jump on top of it and a man tried to slide down the cables but was knocked down by falling bodies. With the fire advancing, the options that the doomed workers faced were certain death by... ✔Ans - burning in the fire, suffocation or jumping to the sidewalk below. The life nets were useless because the force was too much and the bodies tore through them... ✔Ans - causing the firefighters to do somersaults. The reporter, William G. Shepherd said that he saw... ✔Ans - the "shower of bodies" and heard a horrible sound, "Thud - dead" over and over again
of Fire Prevention to inspect the safety standards in other buildings. What did the safety inspections of those other buildings find? ✔Ans - (CAUSE) The safety inspections of those other buildings found that the conditions were hideous and just as bad or worse than the Asch building where the Triangle Factory Fire took place. What were the results of the findings of the building inspections? ✔Ans - (EFFECT) The results of the building inspections caused the state of New York to pass 33 new labor laws by 1914. Why did President Roosevelt put Frances Perkins in that position? ✔Ans - President Roosevelt named Frances Perkins as the first woman Secretary of Labor to oversee these new laws. cause = ✔Ans - reason - why something happened? effect = ✔Ans - results - what happened? The first of the three main REASONS that people were so angry and took action was? ✔Ans - The way the people died - burning, suffocating or jumping to their deaths - was so horrific. The second of the three main REASONS that people were so angry and took action was? ✔Ans - The horrible conditions in other buildings and factories that could easily result in another tragedy. The last of the three main REASONS that people were so angry and took action was? ✔Ans - Not only did the factory owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris survive the fire by escaping from the tenth floor, but in their trial, they were found not guilty because there were no laws to convict them of.
What laws were CHANGED as a RESULT of the Triangle Factory Fire to protect workers? ✔Ans - In 1914 as a result of the shocking findings, the state of New York passed thirty-three new labor laws which formed the foundation of the New York State's Industrial Code. Soon other states also began enacting protective labor laws. How long did it take for New York to make these changes? ✔Ans - New York made these changes in 3 years. What burned as easily as gasoline? ✔Ans - lawn fabric
