Cities
What happened to the 246 girls working at The Triangle Shirt Waste Factory?
A cigarette or match was tossed into the waste bin. The escape routes were not plentiful for all girls to escape or to escape properly. 146 people died. This started a wave of reform and restrictions
the men who helped construct skyscrapers were called what?
ruffnecks
Who designed the Statue of Liberty and what else did he design?
Gustave Eiffel. The eiffel tower.
What is an accomplishment of Joseph Pulitzer?
He owned the biggest newspaper of the time: The New York World. He launced the biggest fundraiser to keep the Statue of Liberty in New York.
what was the first attempt at creating a national crime registry?
mug shots
How many years did it take for the copper on the statue to turn green?
25 years
how long did it take to complete assembly of the statue of liberty?
6 months
What man is primarily responsible for mass producing steel?
Andrew Carnegie
What great invention allowed people to travel up the skyscrapers more quickly than stairs?
Elevator (the sky is the limit)
What is the name of the island that over 12 million immigrants flocked to?
Ellis Island
Who donated the statue of liberty and where was it built?
France. Paris.
Who was the sculptor of the statue of liberty?
Frederic Auguste Bartoli
who published his pictures in the book How the Other Half Lives to bring attention to the problem with poverty and slums?
James Riis
What is the Statue of Liberty's official name?
Liberty, enlightening the world
Where is the Statue of Liberty's home?
New York City
What critical ingredient is required to build vertical city buildings?
Steel
What safety code, now used in all 50 states, is a direct cause from Triangle Shirt Waste Fire?
The Life Safety Code
What world famous icon is said to symbolize America's great innovations?
The Statue of Liberty
Who is the man res$onsible for giving us the electric light bulb and the building of power plants?
Thomas Edison
What is said to be America's greatest innovation?
Vertical cities
What other innovations came about because of the mass production of steel?
cars, planes, trains, space shuttles
What metal is the statue made of?
copper
Whose face was used by the sculptor to model the face of the statue of liberty
his mother