HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Miscegenation, Progressive Era
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Story: events leading up to the fire and aftermath. Thesis: you shouldn"t wait until a tragedy happens, emotional response from viewers, without tragic events none of the labor policies today would"ve been possible, preventable accident, calling government to regulate labor. What"s the proper role of government: regulate banking and finance, food inspections, protect well-being physically, law enforcement. What should the government stay out of: control the economy, infringe on civil liberties, control the media (propaganda, control personal/private lives. Quiz- sg 1, 2, 3: pick 2 out of 3. Southern and eastern immigrants that came at the beginning of the twentieth century to the us. They challenged ideas of what an american is. In the early twentieth century, there were 2 laws passed (the chinese exclusion act and. Asian immigration, there would be an asian demographic in the us and would shape how we define what an american is. Triangle shirtwaist fire: 3-4 sentences, significance identify.
