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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and The Jungle: Historic Tragedy and Social Reform

Explore the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 and its impact on labor rights, uncover the social injustices depicted in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," and understand the historical context of the tenement laws.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and The Jungle: Historic Tragedy and Social Reform

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  1. Oh No! It’s the Health Inspector!!!! Alyssa Dufresne Evan Stone Adam Ossenfort

  2. Triangle Shirtwaist Company • International Ladies’ Garments Workers’ Union • Negotiated a Bargain • National Historic Landmark • 500 Workers • Average Wage = $6 per week • 1909 – Uprising of 20k (Strike)

  3. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire • Worst Disaster • 150 deaths • Mar. 25, 1911 • Cause Unknown • Tried to jump

  4. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Remnants of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

  5. Upton Sinclair • Wrote The Jungle • Published in 1906 • Depicts poverty • Socialist • Muckraker • Food Safety = Primary Issue • Meat Inspection Act • Pure Food and Drug Act • (FDA)

  6. Tenements Tenements were terrible structures that no one would want to live in today. Because of the hazard they posed to their occupants, they led to laws that eventually made these buildings illegal.

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