Read the selection and choose the best answer choice. Explain why your choice is correct.
from The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire
by Zachary Kent
Date:
1. What is the central idea of "The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire"?

A. Triangle fire tragedy prompted the creation of new labor laws to ensure that American workers
would be well protected.
B. President Roosevelt made Frances Perkins the secretary of labor to ensure that rural workers would
be well protected.
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C.New York City established a Bureau of Fire Prevention to ensure that workers everywhere would be
well protected.

D.The New York State legislature created a Factory Investigating Commission to ensure that workers
nationwide would be well protected.

Explain: