Worksheets"Mother Jones" Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does the author say was Mother Jones’s greatest ability?
Raising money for her planned march
Speaking to audiences about her cause
Making friends with powerful businessmen
Convincing children to fight for their rights
Which sentence from the excerpt most closely shows Mother Jones’s effort to obtain sympathy for child workers?
“‘Well, I’ve got stock in these little children,’ she said, ‘and I’ll arrange a little publicity.’”
“‘Philadelphia’s mansions were built on the broken bones, the quivering hearts, and drooping heads of these children,’ she said.”
“‘Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit.’”
“‘Here’s a textbook on economics.’”
According to information from the excerpt, which inference can be best made about President Theodore Roosevelt?
He thinks Mother Jones should run for an official office so she will have a platform to influence change in the textile industry.
He considers the concerns of business owners of the factories more valid than the concerns of child workers.
He encourages Mother Jones to march even though he must hide his support for her from his voters.
He believes the power to resolve child labor resides with states rather than the federal government.
From the author’s point of view, was Mother Jones’s march most likely a success or a failure?
A success because she brought national attention to unsafe child labor conditions in factories
A failure because President Theodore Roosevelt refused to meet with her and the children
A success because she was able to persuade the federal government to pass an immediate law against child labor
A failure because there were only three children that continued to the final destination of the march
How did Mother Jones best draw a connection between the children who work in the factories and the people that live in the cities, according to the excerpt?
She explains there are laws that can charge a fee to people in the community when children are injured in factory jobs.
She writes a public letter to the president to remind him that the children who work in the factories are just like his children.
She explains how the possessions that people enjoy are made in factories by children who work long hours under poor conditions.
She explains that the federal government can force any child to work in a factory whether the child is from a poor or wealthy family.
Which statements show how Mother Jones influenced people to support Child Labor Laws?
She pointed out that a law had been created to protect a songbird, but not a child.
She put on plays to educate people about child labor.
She dressed children as Revolutionary War soldiers to emphasize their struggle for rights.
All of the above
Three hundred people begin marching in Philadelphia with Mother Jones on which date?
July 7
July 10
July 15
July 24
On which date did police try to ban marchers from entering Trenton, New Jersey?
July 7
July 10
July 15
July 24
On which date did Mother Jones write to President Roosevelt to appeal for his support?
July 7
July 10
July 15
July 24
On which date did twenty marchers reach New York City?
July 7
July 10
July 15
July 24
On which date did Mother Jones take three boys with her to Sagamore Hill?
July 7
July 10
July 15
July 29
Newspapers didn't publish stories of the children because...
they were partially owned by mill owners.
they didn't think there was a good enough story.
they thought people didn't care.
they didn't know.
Mother Jones wanted children to be able to go to (a) instead of working in the mills.
In June of 1903, workers from six hundred mills went on strike in hopes of getting their workweek cut back. They had been working ____ hours per week.
35
40
55
60
Eighty thousand child laborers completed jobs such as...
climbing underneath the machinery to oil it.
repairing snapped threads.
all of the above.
