Examine the cartoon and answers the questions below.

The caption of this cartoon reads: “The Great Fear of the Period: That Uncle Sam May be Swallowed by Foreigners  – The Problem Solved.”

Who are the people in this cartoon and what are they doing?

What are the artist’s feelings towards immigrants?  How do you know?

Part 4: Industrial Revolution – Primary Source

Read the events around the Triangle Shirt Factory Fire and answer the question below.

“In the garment industry worked in sweatshops. Sweatshops were poorly ventilated and lit rooms where seamstresses sat side by side doing piece work (specializing on one piece of the work thus never making a finished product.) The cloth would be piled high, workers were not allowed to talk.  Often sweatshop employees where forced to work late into the night so that the job was completed or they wouldn't get paid. 

One of the most influential events in labor history was a direct result of sweatshop conditions. The Triangle Shirt Factory Fire killed 114 workers because the fabric caught fire and tore through the building. There were no fire escapes and the doors opened out into the hall. The doors where blocked, locking the workers in.”  (taken from http://www.socialstudieshelp.com)

Inside the Triangle Factory after the fire

How do you think the conditions of this factory call for reform?  Explain at least 2 different changes this event might have forced.

Women’s Rights Excerpt from the “Declaration of Sentiments”

Read and interpret the following quote.

“He has created a false sense of public sentiment by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women.”