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Primary Sources- Time Machine (1902): Children working in the Pennsylvania coal mines
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Read the passage
Time Machine (1902): Children working in the Pennsylvania coal mines.
Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage
Time Machine (1902): Children working in the Pennsylvania coal mines.
Then answer the questions below.
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Question 3
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Which statement BEST describes the purpose of this source?
to share the wages of children working in the early 1900s
to shed light on the mistreatment of children in the coal industry
to describe the origins of the coal industry
to explain how hard coal miners work in Pennsylvania
Based on the source, what can be concluded about the coal industry in the early twentieth-century United States? Select
two
correct answers.
A large percentage of those employed in coal mines were children.
The coal mines paid children much less for their labor than adults were paid for the same work.
Coal mines regularly broke the law with their hiring practices.
Coal mining was the only industry that offered to pay children.
Children working in the coal mines often became manual laborers as adults.
Drag each item to the correct box based on whether it is a valuable feature of the source or a limitation of the source.
the audience of the source is unclear from the source itself
the author of the source did not stay at the mines long-term to witness the lives of people over time
the author of the source visited the mines and witnessed the situation first-hand
the source includes information about labor laws in Pennsylvania
the source includes direct quotes from people involved in mining
Valuable features of the source
Limitations of the source