Civil Rights Act of 1964

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The civil rights act was an act that made it so people and schools couldn't discriminate between things like race, gender, religion, etc.

This act prohibited segregation of races, in schools, work, bathrooms, and all public places. To continue doing these things would be a violation of the constitution. This also prohibited discrimination during employment.

I believe behaviors like this happen around the world, especially with women, because of some peoples religious views, but in America I don't see any segregation. The behavior that I know takes place in the US would definitely be racism, just because many people are ignorant.

What should be done is discrimination and segregation should be banned around the world, just like Kennedy did, so that everyone can have equal rights. With the issue of racism, I don't believe anything can be done, because it is mainly an individualized thing, but time may help change people's views as generations come.

I really enjoyed the movie, because it opened my eyes to how bad the issue was, and showed me the full extent of what was happening so close to home. The movie gave me chills multiple times. I have high expectations for the field trip, because after the movie I think I will be able to recognize and identify many things and places that we will be seeing.

Factory Fires research

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Northside Fire

• Passerbys saw fire and came to rescue some of the girls
• Caught many women who jumped
• Someone threw a rope to the top of the window and some girls climbed down
• Some used blankets to catch girls
• Story about girls who jumped from one building to the roof of another

Pittsburgh Northside Fire

• Shop for horses
• Harnesses, feed, hay
• The shop quickly caught fire because of hay
• Started on the first floor and made its way up
• 30 women on top floors
• 12 women died before fire was put out
• No safety laws in factories yet

Factory fire in NY

• They were saying the fire wouldn't have happened if the fireproof laws in stairways and stuff had been enforced
• The owners were told to obey these laws and they didn't 
• Department is in trouble for not following
• 13 dead because of this
• Bad fire escape, locked door that should've been open where causes
• They state is going to start checking buildings to see if they have regulations

Fire in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY

• 12 men and girls died
• 13 are missing in the rubble and many are in hospitals
• Candy manufacturing building
• Fire started in basement and made its way up
• Called the "worst factory ever" since Triangle Waist company
• Fire escape jammed
• Owners of buiding are arrested without bail

After reading these articles, I learned that there were some regulations at this time for factories regarding fires, but a lot weren't enforced. For a few of the articles I read, there weren't even laws at all for the factories. In many cases the owners of the buildings could get away with it, in others, not. After researching this topic I also realized how many factory fires there were. The search results were crazy to see, because many people died in these fires, including girls fourteen years old. This showed me that in the years after the articles, they started to make laws and things against this, because it was the era of progress, and now we enforce fire laws.

Factory Fire in NY