The newspaper article reveals that industrialization led to dangerous working conditions for its many workers. The tragic fire, which resulted in the deaths of 141 individuals, illustrates the hazardous environment in which many factory workers operated during this period. It highlights issues like inadequate safety measures and the vulnerability of workers in industrial settings.
The following is a transcript of a newspaper printed in New York City in 1911. Read it to answer the prompt below.
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141 Men and Girls Die in Waist Factory Fire; Trapped High Up in Washington Place Building; Street Strewn with Bodies; Piles of Dead Inside
New York Times, March 26, 1911, p. 1.
Three stories of a ten-floor building at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place were burned yesterday, and while the fire was going on 141 young men and women at least 125 of them mere girls were burned to death or killed by jumping to the pavement below.
The building was fireproof. It shows now hardly any signs of the disaster that overtook it. The walls are as good as ever so are the floors, nothing is the worse for the fire except the furniture and 141 of the 600 men and girls that were employed in its upper three stories.
Most of the victims were suffocated or burned to death within the building, but some who fought their way to the windows and leaped met death as surely, but perhaps more quickly, on the pavements below.
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What does this newspaper article reveal about the industrial revolution?
Group of answer choices
Industrialization led to dangerous working conditions for its many workers.
Industrialization led to a higher rate of production throughout the U.S. economy.
Industrialization led to a higher rate of manufacturing over hand-made products.
Industrialization resulted in the rise of New York City as an important place for the U.S.
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