The severity of the destruction caused by the fire could have been prevented had the company taken necessary precautions. Despite the obvious flaws in fire safety and recent warning notice from the NY Board of Sanitary Control, little was done to correct the facility's violations. New York was a booming industrial economy in the early 1900's and many factories faced tough competition. The result was often cutting corners and violating building codes in order to turn a profit. There were two major flaws in the Triangle shirtwaist factory building. First, there was only one fire escape even though two more were needed. Second, all the exits had doors that opened inwardly rather than out. As women ran down the fire escape, it began to buckle under their weight. There were two exits and two elevators located on each end (Green Street and Washington Place) of the flat on the ninth floor. The Greene Street stairway was blocked by flames, and the Washington Place stairway was locked. It had become common practice for the factory to lock the Washington Place to prevent employee theft. As a result, the only escape routes left for victims were the elevators.
The ineffectiveness of the firemen revealed many flaws in the fire department that would later be addressed. For example, had the ladder been long enough to reach the top three floors and the water pressure strong enough to reach the floors, many of the victims could have survived the event. A few years after the incident, the fire department developed a stronger water pump and added an extra ladder as a precaution.
After the fire, the owners of Triangle Shirtwaist factory, Harris and Blanck, were brought to court on charges of manslaughter but were eventually acquitted. They were fined $75 for each life lost. However their insurance policy paid them a total of $60,000, at the rate of $400 per life lost, so they actually profited from the tragedy. After two years, they continued to lock the doors to exits and were fined for several safety code violations. However this event heralded the birth of the Labor Movement. It brought numerous laws on safety, brakes for workers and wages.
To have prevented the tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the company should have installed safer escape routes and had better safety codes in place. So many people died and many were significantly injured from this event, and it could have been significantly lessened, if not prevented, with proper security and safety in place for the workers in the factory.
The regulators marched on the arsenal trying to get the weapons and overthrow trhe government. The federal government could not finance the troops necessary to contol the rebellion, so it had to be put down by the Massachusetts State Militia. This influenced in that many took the view that the "Articles of Confederation" had to be revised.
Decameron was a prose written by an Italian Giovanni Boccaccio between the period of 1349 and 1353.
This collection by Boccaccio introduced into western literature the literary convention of social realism which helps to point out the different socio-economic conditions of the people.
<em>Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information:</em> Members of the American Indian Movement in Oklahoma largely supported the broader national organization. In particular, Oklahoma members sought to reform the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). They believed that the BIA had been misappropriating funds that were intended solely for American Indian education. Instead, the BIA had been directing these funds toward all Oklahoma students. AIM succeeded in bringing national attention to this cause, which eventually helped to reform the agency.
