Exercise
Form 15: Working Conditions, Child Labor, and Factory Life
Learn about everyday factory life, hazardous working conditions, and child labor during the industrial era. Discover the challenges faced by workers in growing industries.
Questions
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Which statement best describes factory working conditions during the Gilded Age?
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Why was child labor widespread in late 19th-century American industries?
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What term refers to crowded, poorly ventilated garment workshops with long hours and low pay?
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Which tragic 1911 event in New York City killed 146 workers and led to major factory safety reform laws?
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Which photographer and journalist published 'How the Other Half Lives' to expose tenement living conditions?
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What were the poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings occupied by urban factory workers called?
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What were young boys hired to separate impurities from coal in anthracite mines called?
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Which photographer took famous documentary photos for the National Child Labor Committee, helping end child labor?
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Which federal law permanently set a minimum wage, established the 40-hour work week, and severely limited child labor nationwide?
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What was true regarding female and immigrant workers in Gilded Age factories?
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What major workplace safety hazard contributed to the high death toll in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
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What was the state of workplace safety regulation prior to the Progressive Era?