Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? a. the triangle shirtwaist factory fire was the disaster that brought to attention the need for improved working conditions in america. b. the two men solely responsible for improving working conditions in america were robert wagner and alfred e. smith. c. while the improvements made to working conditions were beneficial, they were too small to create lasting change in america. d. the triangle shirtwaist factory fire was only one of many senseless disasters in

One of the most revealing parts of the text is this one:

The laws were designed to correct every deficiency revealed in the Lower East Side fire: for example,  it required automatic sprinklers in high-rise buildings. Fire drills became mandatory in large shops.  Factory doors had to be unlocked and had to swing outward.

It's correct to assume that, even thought it was a tragedy, the Shirtwaist Factory Fire was the reason behind a series of measures that were adopted to prevent new disasters.

The legacy left behind after what happened is incalculable and the amount of deaths avoided after this specific disaster is very substantial considering the new safety procedures created to avoid something like that to ever happen again.

The correct answer is:

A. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was the disaster that brought to attention the need for improved working conditions in America

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is