Child Labor

Child labor is ANY work done by children under the age of

• 16
• 13
• 12
• 10

The number one cause of child labor is:

• No Education
• Factory Work
• Poverty
• Sweatshops

If a child works 14 hours a day for 6 days a week, how many hours were they working?

• 72
• 78
• 84
• 88

Which of the following BEST explains  the mental impact of child labor?

• children were losing limbs and lives
• children did not get an education
• children did not have any social skills
• children were working long hours

Which of the following BEST explains the physical impact of child labor

• children were losing limbs and lives
• children did not get an education
• children did not have any social skills
• children were working long hours

Which of the following BEST explains the social impact of child labor

• America had a booming economy
• America had little racial issues
• America had people making good money in good labor conditions
• America had a generation(s) of people unable to read and write

Which of the following is NOT a job in which child labor was used

• coal mining
• clothes making
• medicine
• farm work

Which of the following shows the hazards of working on tobacco farms?

• According to a report released Wednesday, children as young as 7 are working long hours in tobacco fields.
• The children also said they worked long hours - often in extreme heat - without overtime pay or sufficient breaks.
• Children as young as 12 can be hired to work on a farm of any size.
• Children interviewed by the group reported vomiting, feeling nauseous and headaches while working on tobacco farms.

Of the following types of diseases, which BEST describes the type a child would get while working.

• Lung
• Heart
• Liver
• Kidney

Whos job is it to supervise the child factory workers and make sure they obey the rules

• Overseer

• Child Worker

• Mill owner

• Parent of Child Worker