The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 18

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"Conservatives,liberals,radicals of all shades and intensity,are agreed in denouncing the criminal indifference that is shown to the murderous conditions in which men,women,girls and mere children are compelled to earn their bread.The Triangle disaster has revealed an appalling state of affairs that exists though the factory district of New York City,and that presumably exists in varying degrees of badness in other cities.From the standpoint of safety of the workers everything was wrong.And yet it is hard to single out one person or institution and say that there belongs the blame.The proprietors of the Triangle Company were violating no law,and were but following the instincts and practices common among manufacturers in their trade…The ultimate blame must be traced back to…an indifference or unawakened public."
Miriam Finn Scott,"The Factory Girl's Danger," The Outlook,April 15,1911
-The events described in the passage above would lead to

• A) a stronger financial regulatory system.
• B) calls for government intervention in business practices.
• C) increased support for unionization.
• D) mass migration away from industrial regions.

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