Newsgirl

What is the reason why kids started to work after the end of Civil War in 1865?

• They made kids choose between getting a job or going to school.

• Everyone needed to work so families will have enough money.

• There were many farms that opened and they needed children workers.

Who did NCLC hire to document the conditions of children workers?

• Duncan Hines

• Jerry Lewis

• Lewis Hine

CAUSE: NCLC published the children workers pictures from all over the United States.

• EFFECT:

  People demanded something to be done to help these children.

• EFFECT:

  Parents started asking to see their lost children.

• EFFECT:

  People go mad at NCLC because they didn't believe these were true.

• EFFECT:

  They opened more schools so children don't have to work.

Describe Rebecca's Life in Miss Kay's Lodging House. Arrange these events in the right order:

• The next day, she wakes up early in the morning to get ready for work.

• Finally, Rebecca lines us to get her breakfast of bread, oatmeal and coffee.

• Then she sleeps in a room with 9 other girls after a hard day's work.

• After work, Rebecca writes in her diary as she sits on her bed at night.

Rebecca complained she was losing income because:

• Mr. MIller charged higher for the newspaper she was selling.

• A girl named Kit took over her spot and stole her customers.

• A boy named Harry kept cutting her out and even lowered the price of the newspapers.

Where is Rebecca's usual spot for selling newspapers?

• She walks up and down the streets to sell newspapers.

• Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street.

• 10th Street and Main

Who is the newspaper distributor in New York for Washington Times? Write the first and last name.

What did Harry do that made Rebecca so mad?

• He took her purse and ran off with her money.

• He grabbed some papers out of Kit's hands and raced away.

• He started to call her names and teased her for being the onyl girl selling newspapers.

Kit confessed to Rebecca there's something she cannot do while selling newspapers. What is it?

• She cannot walk very far because her other leg is shorter.

• Kt cannot read the headlines, she didn't go to school.

• She is too embarassed to shout to get people's attention.

• She doesn't know a lot of people, she doesn not know how to start conversations.

Mr. Hine told Rebecca it is harder for him to take pcitures of kids working

in mines and mills because.....