WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Both men were extremely committed to improving working conditions in America.
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Robert Wagner was considered to be the more intelligent of the Tammany Twins, as Alfred E. Smith never finished grade school.
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Despite not finishing grade school, Alfred E. Smith had a better grasp on bill drafting than Robert Wagner.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In its aftermath, the Triangle fire inspired a great campaign of workplace reform. About thirty separate laws were passed, including those regulating the minimum wage and working conditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1913, Wagner and Smith pushed 25 bills through the New York legislature. The laws were designed to correct every deficiency revealed in the Lower East Side fire: for example, it required automatic sprinklers in high-rise buildings. Fire drills became mandatory in large shops.
Detailed explanation-3: -The fire led to legislation that required improved safety conditions for workers in sweatshops and started the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union which has transformed into the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees.
Detailed explanation-4: -The blaze, the Fire Marshal would later determine, was likely caused by a smoldering cigarette butt or match that had fallen into a bin full of fabric scraps and tissue paper. Smoking was forbidden in the factory, but the employees were known to sneak cigarettes.