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This picture, taken by Lewis Hine, shows a 12-year-old factory worker in Vermont in 1912.

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A
Children are too young to be paid wages.
B
Workers should not engage in collective bargaining.
C
People should buy more textiles.
D
Children should not be working in factories.
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How did the passage of compulsory school attendance laws affect child labor in the United States?

A
Children received better training to work in factories.
B
Children could not work in factories if they had to attend school.
C
Children worked in special factories that were opened in schools.
D
Children were paid more to attend school than to work in factories.
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Why did factory owners and management often use force against striking workers?

A
They wanted to protect their families in case of worker uprisings.
B
They wanted to show that they were tough enough to run dangerous factories.
C
They hoped the use of force would keep the government from getting involved.
D
They hoped the use of force would keep workers from joining unions in the future.
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The list below describes working conditions in factories in the 1800s.What conclusion did reformers draw from the list?

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Factory work was preferable to life on a farm.
B
Changes were needed to improve working conditions.
C
Factory owners always did their best for workers.
D
The government should avoid getting involved in labor issues.
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Factory owners took steps to prevent unions from forming because they

A
preferred to negotiate with workers collectively.
B
recognized that unions posed an economic threat.
C
were afraid their factories would be burned to the ground.
D
preferred that workers go out on strike instead.
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Factory owners may choose to negotiate with striking workers if they

A
fear their profits might be threatened.
B
decide they don’t want to pay workers not on the job.
C
fear for the safety of their families.
D
have guilty consciences that bother them.
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A
join unions
B
work longer hours
C
vote for better representation
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Starting with the Reform Act of 1832, Parliament passed laws in the 1800s that gave voting rights to

A
most adult males.
B
most adult females.
C
landowners living in rural areas.
D
female factory workers.
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What did reformers in the early 1800s claim were problems with the British parliamentary system? Choose two answers.

A
Too many women had been elected to Parliament.
B
Factory workers were making poor choices at the polls.
C
Only wealthy landowners were allowed to vote.
D
Rural areas had no representatives in Parliament.
E
Large cities were not well represented in Parliament.
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Collective bargaining means bargaining with workers who

A
strike individually.
B
debate regularly.
C
refuse to join unions.
D
belong to a union.

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