Primary Sources: Interview with former child laborer in the Industrial Revolution

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Interview with former child laborer in the Industrial Revolution. Then answer the questions below.

Last updated 11 months ago

3 questions

Note from the author:

Read the passage Primary Sources: Interview with former child laborer in the Industrial Revolution. Then answer the questions below.

Instructions

Read the passage Primary Sources: Interview with former child laborer in the Industrial Revolution. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

What makes this primary source useful to historians?

It shows how a perspective has changed over time.

It compares the perspectives of two different eyewitnesses.

It describes an event in chronological order.

It provides a firsthand account.

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Question 2

The interview does not explain the effects of the working conditions on children.  

The interview does not explain the length of time children worked in the factories.

The interview does not explain the long-term impacts of child labor. 

The interview only explains one perspective on working conditions. 

The interview only explains what life was like while working at the factories. 

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Question 3

"Do you think that if the overlooker were naturally a humane person it would still be found necessary for him to beat the children, in order to keep up their attention and vigilance at the termination of those extraordinary days of labour?"
"Had you any time to be with your parents, and to receive instruction from them?"
"When you got home at night after this labour, did you feel much fatigued?"

Question 1

It shows how a perspective has changed over time.

It compares the perspectives of two different eyewitnesses.

It describes an event in chronological order.

It provides a firsthand account.

Question 2

The interview does not explain the effects of the working conditions on children.  

The interview does not explain the length of time children worked in the factories.

The interview does not explain the long-term impacts of child labor. 

The interview only explains one perspective on working conditions. 

The interview only explains what life was like while working at the factories. 

Question 3

"Do you think that if the overlooker were naturally a humane person it would still be found necessary for him to beat the children, in order to keep up their attention and vigilance at the termination of those extraordinary days of labour?"
"Had you any time to be with your parents, and to receive instruction from them?"
"When you got home at night after this labour, did you feel much fatigued?"