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Tenement Tenement LifeLife
• The Over- The Over- Crowding of Crowding of the Citiesthe Cities
• Poor Living Poor Living ConditionsConditions
• Unsanitary Unsanitary ConditionsConditions
On Your Pyramid#4 Living Conditions
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Airshaft of a dumbbell tenement, New York City, taken from the roof, c. 1900.
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All these changes are part of the Tenement House Acts that called for changes in design and inspections for safety and sanitary reasons.
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Trying to avoid housing issues such as . . .
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Unsafe Working Conditions (and Child Labor)
Changes Wanted
–Fewer Hours
–Higher Wages
–Safer Factories
–Unions
On Your Pyramid #5
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Regarding Child Labor
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
National Child Labor Act
Already discussed in Moral Reforms regarding education.
Does it still go on today?
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Mar. 25, 1911
• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory operated on the top 3 floors of the 10 story Asche Building in New York City
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• Notice that the tallest ladders owned by the fire dept. only reach the 6th floor
• In 1911, Unsafe working
conditions lead to a deadly fire
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• Rather than burn alive in the swift moving fire, many women jump from windows
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• This is actually a photo of the building after the fire! Note how there is very little damage on the outside of the building
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Eight months after the fire, a jury acquitted the factory owners, of any wrong doing.
• Twenty-three individual civil suits were brought against the owners of the Asch building. On March 11, 1913, three years after the fire, the owners settled. They paid 75 dollars per life lost.
• This tragedy led to a push for comprehensive safety and workers compensation laws.