Read 180 Workshop 1 End Assessment

A central idea of the passage is that the Fair Labor Standards Act protects the rights of children. Which statement from the passage provides the best support for this idea?

• In the United States, children who work are protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

• This law ensures that children who work also go to school and do safe jobs.

• FLSA was passed in 1938.

• They finally won their battle in 1938, when Congress passed FLSA.

Based on details in the passage, which two sentences best summarize how working in factories affected child workers?

• Working in factories caused child workers to find better jobs as adults.

• Working in factories caused child workers to miss out on an education.

• Working in factories caused child workers to learn important skills.

• Working in factories caused child workers to move away from their families.

• Working in factories caused child workers to get injured.

Read this sentence from paragraph 4. "Precautions were not taken to make sure that children were safe and healthy." What does the word precautions mean in this sentence?

• ways to do something quickly

• steps taken to fix a problem after it happens

• actions taken to change something

• safety measures to prevent something from happening

Which statement best explains how the National Child Labor Committee helped child workers?

• The committee moved child workers from unsafe factories to safer jobs.

• The committee encouraged factory owners to hire adults instead of children.

• The committee gathered information to show that child workers faced unsafe conditions.

• The committee collected facts to determine which factory jobs would be the least harmful for children.

Read this sentence from paragraph 5. "Factories were like thieves who robbed children of the fun of being a kid." Why does the author compare factories to thieves?

• to emphasize what child workers lost by working in factories

• to show that many factory owners were poor

• to emphasize that child workers earned little money working in factories

• to show that many child workers did not get along

Children who worked in factories had to be brave. Which detail from the passage best supports this inference?

• Adult workers earned so little that many let their children work because they needed the money.

• Factory owners saw the benefits of child workers.

• They were paid even less than adults and did not complain about working conditions.

• In the early 1900s, some people started criticizing the practice of letting children work.

Based on information in the passage, what can you infer about the critics of child labor? Choose two answers.

• They gave up easily.

• They were wealthy.

• They had to work hard for change.

• They wanted factories to be forced to close.

• They valued education.

Which statement states an opinion that should not be included in a summary of the passage?

• Some children worked in mines that were underground.

• Spending hours working in a factory is boring.

• Factory work can be dangerous.

• In some factories, children operated machines.

Which detail from the passage best supports the idea that working in textile mills was challenging?

• But in the 1800s, new inventions changed the way cloth was made.

• Mill owners hired large numbers of workers to run the machines.

• They got 30 minutes for lunch.

• Each woman ran three or four machines so she had to be quick and alert.

Read the sentence from paragraph 3. Women had to adapt to a whole new way of life. What does adapt mean in this sentence?

• to make a decision about something

• to adjust to something

• to be thankful for something

• to improve something