THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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The safety of women workers gained national attention as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
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Immigrant workers received high wages because supply of laborers was limited
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Congress passed a series of anti-trust laws to forbid corporations to hire undocumented workers
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African-American workers were forced to return to the Deep South as jobs became scarce in the cities
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Detailed explanation-1: -Working Conditions in The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory It was a true sweatshop, employing young immigrant women who worked in a cramped space at lines of sewing machines. Nearly all the workers were teenaged girls who did not speak English and worked 12 hours a day, every day.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Triangle Waist Company was in many ways a typical sweated factory in the heart of Manhattan, at 23-29 Washington Place, at the northern corner of Washington Square East. Low wages, excessively long hours, and unsanitary and dangerous working conditions were the hallmarks of sweatshops.
Detailed explanation-3: -But what established the modern celebration of International Women’s Day in history, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York on 25 March 1911 that killed 146 young women workers, most of whom were immigrants.
Detailed explanation-4: -The building had only one fire escape, which collapsed during the rescue effort. Long tables and bulky machines trapped many of the victims. Panicked workers were crushed as they struggled with doors that were locked by managers to prevent theft, or doors that opened the wrong way.