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"Conservatives,liberals,radicals of all shades and intensity,are agreed in denouncing the criminal indifference that is shown to the murderous conditions in which men,women,girls and mere children are compelled to earn their bread.The Triangle disaster has revealed an appalling state of affairs that exists though the factory district of New York City,and that presumably exists in varying degrees of badness in other cities.From the standpoint of safety of the workers everything was wrong.And yet it is hard to single out one person or institution and say that there belongs the blame.The proprietors of the Triangle Company were violating no law,and were but following the instincts and practices common among manufacturers in their trade…The ultimate blame must be traced back to…an indifference or unawakened public."
Miriam Finn Scott,"The Factory Girl's Danger," The Outlook,April 15,1911
-Which of the following contributed most directly to the crisis described in the passage?

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The rapid expansion of industry led to dangerous working conditions in factories, as seen in the Triangle disaster in New York City. The passage notes that "from the standpoint of safety of the workers everything was wrong," indicating that the crisis was caused by a lack of attention paid to worker safety. Radical new economic policies, a decline in the production of consumer goods, and American involvement in foreign conflicts are not mentioned in the passage as contributing factors to the crisis.

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