Need for Reforming the Workplace Was Brought to National Attention

question 87

Multiple Choice

Need for reforming the workplace was brought to national attention in 1911 when a fire broke out at

• A)Union Carbide refinery.
• B)the Triangle Shirtwaist factory.
• C)McCall's magazine publisher.
• D)George Pullman's factory in Philadelphia.
• E)United States Steel manufacturing.

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