Flashcard: Child Labor

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The number one cause of child labor is: No Education, Factory Work, Poverty, Sweatshops

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Poverty

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What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

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Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

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True or False? Child labor only happened in the US during the early 1900s

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False

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True or False? Child laborers made the same wages as adults

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False

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True or False? The Keating Owen Act was supported by everyone

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False

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True or False? The Keating Owen Act was ruled unconstitutional because the law tried to regulate child labor

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False

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True or False? The Keating Owen Act was ruled unconstitutional because the law tried to regulate interstate commerce

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True

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True or False? Child laborers often were injured on the job

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True

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Who was Lewis Hine?

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a photojournalist who worked for child labor reforms

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True or False? Child laborers still had to go to school

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False