Age of Reform

Question 1

Analyze this photo of child workers, taken by Lewis Hine in 1909.Explain how this photograph would have been influential in ending child labor.

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Lewis Hine’s 1909 photograph shows young children working in harsh, unsafe industrial conditions. By making the reality of child labor visible to the public, the image created sympathy and moral outrage. This helped build support for reforms and laws that restricted or ended child labor.

Question 2

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According to the chart, the first successful union was organized in .: 1866; Federal laws assisting workers in collective bargaining were passed in .: 1880

Question 3

1866 1877✔ 18801898

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✔ 1880

Question 4

What significant issue did the commission find among the tenement workers?

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high rates of disease

Question 5

According to the document, what law was commonly broken by tenement workers?

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Young children below the minimum age were working.

Question 6

Which of these statements is supported by information on the chart?

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The government supported companies in their efforts to restrict union activity.

Question 7

✔ 1866 1877 1880 1898

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✔ 1866; According to the chart, the first successful union was organized in .: 1866; Federal laws assisting workers in collective bargaining were passed in .: 1880

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