Child Labor

Why were so many children exploited by big business during the 1900s?

• Children didn't want to go to school.

• There was very little understanding about what was really happening at the time. 

Did the majority of these parents support or oppose child labor?

• Support 

• Oppose

What did Lewis Hine say he was doing in order to take pictures of the child doing hard labor? 

• Selling Vacuums

• Selling Newspapers

• Selling Bibles 

How long does the narrator say the young girl has been working?

• A few hours 

• Most of the Night

• The whole day

What does the narrator mean when he says, "It doesn't say America?"

• America is the land of the free, however, even the children are having to work long dangerous hours.

• There is no words on the wall.

• The children are able to freely work when they want to. 

• The child labor laws made children work long hours.

What do you think it was like for child laborers during this time period? Do you think if given the choice they would have wanted to go to school? Explain your answer.