Unit: The Rise of a Modern Nation This Unit Activity will help you meet these educational goals: Inquiry Skills—You will apply disciplinary concepts and tools‚ analyze societal issues‚ trends‚ and events‚ evaluate change and continuity over time‚ develop credible explanations of historical events and developments based on reasoned interpretation of evidence‚ gather evidence‚ evaluate and use evidence‚ develop explanations and make persuasive arguments in support of your conclusions‚ and communicate
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growth and events affected many American lives. People and the government were probably outraged. Events taken place that might have upset both parties were the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and the Homestead Work Strike. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory incident happened in 1911. Many women and children passed away‚ due to the fire in the factory. Workers were engulfed by flamed and some jumped from the 8th or 10th. Some bodies were unidentifiable.
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Many workers got hurt while working in the factories and mines. The Cherry Coal Mine Disaster created a need for the Workers Compensation Act‚ which compensates workers who are harmed while working. On November 13‚ 1909‚ at 7:00 a.m.‚ 481 workers‚ men and boys‚ descended into the Cherry Coal Mine near Cherry‚ IL‚ a few miles northwest of La Salle‚ IL on Illinois Highway 89. Some sections of the mine where 500 feet below the surface. That day the electrical system broke down‚ and the mine was lit
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As a child I have always been clearly informed that I am Hispanic‚ my parents make sure that I’m not ashamed of my background and that I’m informed of where I came from. Because I was so young I didn’t know much about the subject‚ but I now clearly understand how lucky I am to be born in America and to be so lucky to live in the conditions I live in today. Now that I have gotten older and comprehend life easily I finally understand what it meant for my parents to be immigrants. One day I built enough
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little amount of money. For instance if you were a female and worked in the shirtwaist factory‚ you were paid $2 a day. If you messed up your boss would take it out of your pay. Also the material you used was bought with your money so you would really be getting $1.50 instead of $2. If you worked in the shirtwaist factory there was one way in and out of the building to make sure you don’t steal anything from the factory. If you didn’t like the way you had to work you would get fired because there
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FIRE TRIANGLE In order to understand how fire extinguishers work‚ you first need to know a little bit about fire. Four things that must be present at the same time in order to produce a fire : * Enough oxygen to sustain combustion. * Enough heat to raise the material to its ignition temperature. * Some sort of fuel or combustible material. * The chemical‚ exothermic reaction that is fire. Take a look at the following diagram called the “Fire Triangle”. Oxygen‚ heat‚ and fuel
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The Triangle Waist Factory was a three story building on top of the Asch Building‚ occupied with around 500‚ mostly female‚ workers from 16 to 23 years of age‚ this was recorded by the New York Times newspaper.[1] Even though in the building‚ the workers were spaced very poorly‚ barely a few feet away from each other‚ working in rough conditions‚ there was no worry of a fire‚ the building was fireproof. The owners of the factory‚ Isaac Harris and Max Blanck put their full trust in this fact. It was
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Introduction & Background The book selected for this analysis is entitled‚ “Triangle: The Fire that Changed America” by David von Drehle‚ which was published in Washington D.C. by Grove Press in 2004. Drehle starts by providing a succinct background of the living and working situation of people working at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. Drehle takes time to exposition to the readers the prevailing circumstances that led to an upsurge in the number of child-age men and women to enroll for work in
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Fire triangle‚ also called as combustion triangle‚ illustrates the three components a fire needs to ignite: a heat source‚ fuel‚ and oxidizing agent. A fire can be prevented or extinguished by removing any one of the elements in the fire triangle‚ which is the essential method for firefighters to suppress the flames. Fires are often caused by natural means (such as lightning)‚ static electricity or energy sources‚ but most fires in buildings are caused by human error. The American Red Cross says
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The Kader Toy Factory Fire -Thailand- Introduction The Kader toy factory fire should be an example to factories all over the world‚ from which they should learn how important safety standards are. The employees earned between 80-105 pounds a month making dolls and soft toys. It is considered to have been one of the worst factory fires in history. The fire broke out in the afternoon of May 10th 1993‚ making the whole factory burn to the ground in only 15 minutes. Consequences According
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