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