☀️ D2 - GILDED AGE LABOR: CHILD LABOR (MUST-DO)
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List some of the jobs that children would have performed in the early 1900s.
List some of the jobs that children would have performed in the early 1900s.
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Injuries and death in the workplace were very common among children in the early 1900s.
Injuries and death in the workplace were very common among children in the early 1900s.
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Parents often claimed that they needed children to work because they needed the _______ they brought in.
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The National Child Labor Committee hired Lewis Hines to travel around the country and _______ children in exploitative situations.
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Children often lied about their ages in order to get jobs.
Children often lied about their ages in order to get jobs.
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Explain why you think Lewis Hines' work was much more influential that the newspaper who were printing stories similar to his.
Explain why you think Lewis Hines' work was much more influential that the newspaper who were printing stories similar to his.
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The Gilded Age was the first time in history that children were used as workers.
The Gilded Age was the first time in history that children were used as workers.
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Because children were smaller than adults, they could perform many functions that adults could not.
Because children were smaller than adults, they could perform many functions that adults could not.
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Many reformers were angered by the poor working conditions that children were subjected to and they also believed that children should be receiving an _______ instead of working.
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Some of the child laborers in the U.S. in the Gilded Age were immigrants from other countries.
Some of the child laborers in the U.S. in the Gilded Age were immigrants from other countries.
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At what point in our history did reformers actually begin to fix the problem of child labor?
At what point in our history did reformers actually begin to fix the problem of child labor?
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The main reason why people finally agreed to end child labor was that they wanted to make sure that there would be enough jobs for adults.
The main reason why people finally agreed to end child labor was that they wanted to make sure that there would be enough jobs for adults.