What is NYC biggest problem in 1885?
New York is Poor; indanger of losing the statue of liberty
Who launches a fundraising Campaign?
Joseph Pulitzer
Who designed the Statue of Liberty?
Gustav Eiffel
The poem at the base Celebrates America as the land of the?
Refugees
What was the first stop for most new Americans?
Ellis Island
From 1880 to ____ nearly __ million people arrived
1939; 24
What product is Andrew Carnegie learning to make in England?
revolutionary way to make Steel
Where did Carnegie build his plant?
Pittburg
By 1905 how many skyscrapers were built in Manhattan?
65
What were the men who built these skyscrapers called?
Roughnecks
What is the ratio of workers who die on the job or is disabled?
2/5
Before the elevator buildings were how much stories high?
5 floors
What was the 3rd degree punishment Police used in NYC?
Pain
What will change detective work forever?
Photography
Who exposes the "hell" of tenements?
Jacob Reese
Reese publishes his photos in a book called?
How the other half lives
Of what NYC department is Colonel George Waring the head?
NY Sanitation Department
How many patents did Edison's Lab produce?
More than 1000
What filament finally works, burns up to 300 hours?
Cardboard
By 1902 how many million light bulbs are used?
18 million
At the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory , why was the exit designed to be narrow?
So bags can be checked for stolen fabric
How many people died in the fire?
146
What forces management to take responsibility for the lives of their co workers?
Union
Doors that open ___ are now the law
Outwards
