Triangle Shirt Waist fire of 1911

The Triangle Shirt Waist fire of 1911 was one of the most dramatic and traumatizing events in US history. This link talks about the tragedy and goes further in depth on what happened that Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911. The fire left 146 employees dead and many in shock. Due to this dramatic tragedy many occupational safety standards have been developed to ensure the safety of workers today.
http://www.csun.edu/~ghy7463/mw2.html

Germany's drinking consumption

German culture has a high dependency on alcohol .unlike the US the drinking age in Germany is much  younger, 16 which  causes  alcoholism  and many other problems.  This article shows how dependent  Germans are of alcohol . It also. Compares and contrast the difference  of drinking. In the US and in Germany . 

http://www.dw.de/the-highs-and-lows-of-m-drinking-culture/a-2226609

Irish and German Immigration

In the middle half of the nineteenth century, more than one-half of the population of Ireland emigrated to the United States. So did an equal number of Germans. In the 17th & 18th century English and British governments enacted a harsh series of penal laws against Catholics and Protestants dissenters. Most of them came because of civil unrest, severe unemployment or almost inconceivable hardships at home. This article provides insight about the immigration of the Irish and German population. It gives the number of how many immigrants came to the United States during that time period, and why they left their home country. It also talks about how the Germans had only a little choice to choose from and that is why they choose the United States, because it was one of their only option. 

http://www.ushistory.org/us/25f.asp

The Decline of Indentured Servitude

This article provides a great amount of detail on why the decline of indentured servants occurred and how the indentured servants were treated. It states the the  reasons for the decline included the rise of slave labor, changing patterns of immigration and eventually laws against bound servitude and the rise of wage labor. It was interesting that the article pointed out about how living in Africa was a "death sentence." 

http://public.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site18/The%20Decline%20of%20Indentured%20Servitude.htm