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What role did gender play in the plight of women garment industry workers?

How did greed and corruption contribute to the tragedy of the Triangle fire?

How did high-status allies aid the women’s labor movement? How did they help those opposed to workers’ rights?

What measures could have been put into place to protect workers? Why were they neglected?

Are sweatshops and exploitative factories a necessary or useful step in the process of industrializing and building a nation’s economy? Why or why not?

Why was the United States still such an appealing destination for immigrants if discrimination and exploitation were still present?

How did the Triangle fire influence the direction of labor laws and the social safety net?

What made the Uprising of the 20,000 such a significant event in the history of American labor?