Matchstick Girls Protests

What year did the British matchstick girls take strike action?

• 1888

• 1906

• 1910

• 1899

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What was the main reason for the strike by the matchstick girls?

• Excessive fines

• All of the above

• Low wages

• Unsafe working conditions

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which sentence from the passage supports the idea that the matchstcik girls protested for better wages and working conditions?

• "The story of the British matchstick girls who in 1888 took strike action against the dominating, patriarchal world of matchstick making isn’t well known."

• "Working with white phosphorous – which was added to the tips of matches to enable a “strike anywhere effect” – was highly toxic and responsible for the devastating disease known as “phossy jaw”."

• "But despite the incessant exploitation, the low pay and excessive fines issued simply for being late, dropping a match or talking to others, the workers were forced to continue to work in these oppressive conditions."

• "And the tax was so high it made manufacturing them unrealistic."

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What disease were the matchstick girls at risk of developing?

• Pneumonia

• Cholera

• Phossy jaw

• Tuberculosis

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What was added to the tips of matches to enable a 'strike anywhere effect'?

• Potassium chlorate

• Sulfur

• White phosphorous

• Charcoal

In what year was white phosphorous made illegal in the use of matchsticks in the UK?

• 1920

• 1906

• 1888

• 1912

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What action did the US government take against white phosphorus matches?

• Subsidized safer alternatives

• Banned them outright

• Placed a punitive tax on them

• Ignored the issue

What was the nickname given to the condition 'phosphorous necrosis of the jaw'?

• Matchstick malady

• Phossy jaw

• Bone rot

• White death

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the story of the matchstick girls highlight?

• The need for safer working conditions

• All of the above

• The fight for women's labor rights

• The dangers of industrial work

Part A: How does the author establish a connection between dangerous working conditions and health risks of working at the match factory?

• By explaining the story of Annie Besant

• By describing the deadly disease called "phossy jaw" that was contracted by exposure to phosphorous vapors in the factory.

• By explaining the higher tax rate of changing from phosphorous to another chemical.

• By explaining the living conditions of the Irish immigrants working in the factory.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5