BLog 5

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   When I came back from being sick my partners informed me what topic and year we were assigned: March 25, 1911. I knew some tragic event occurred but I was not sure what it was. The triangle shirtwaist fire was a terrible tragedy, but the most surprising facts were not about the deaths. The owners were immigrants, which was surprising because at this time period it was mainly the white population that owned big companies. I thought it was great that these two men came from nothing and started a big business; it tells a lot about the "American Dream".
   
   

   

    
   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Over the course of researching and collaborating, I have new ideas about the social class system. I thought that most of the social classes had diminished compared to some parts of Europe at that time period. But things were still very divided at this time.