How are children different today from during the time of the Newsies?
Children today can't work until they are 14, back then children smoked and worked at a very young age to help take care of their families. Children back then were not required to go to school.
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In the years after the Newsies, what laws were passed in America to protect children's rights?
It is illegal for children under 14 to work. Children are not allowed to work for more than 18 hours a week.
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What's it called when people refuse to work in order to fight for better pay or safer working conditions?
strike
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Describe the city of New York in 1898
The streets were crowded, food was being sold on the streets. There were no cars, only horse-drawn carts
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What was the reporter's name?
Denton
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What is child labor?
Children who work to help make a living for their families.
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Why did so many children have to work?
Their fathers were at war, had been killed at war, did not make enough money to support their family, or did not have a job.
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When people gather to try to make a statement against something
protest
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What was the economy like during 1898? Were people rich, poor, doing ok?
People were very poor
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Where does Jack say his parents are?
Santa Fe
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How did people get their news in 1898?
children sold newspapers on the streets
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A play has __________ instead of chapters.
Scenes
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If a group of people gathered around the white house all at once to make a statement
swarm
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Where do the Newsies live?
New York City
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What is Jack's real name?
Francis
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Sometimes newspapers didn't sell, why?
The headlines were boring.
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Why did Jack decide to work for Pulitzer instead of joining the Newsies with the strike?
He needed money and he didn't want to put the Newsies in danger.
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The children _______ to each other. Page 16. Scene 8 N1
murmur
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At the time of the Newsies a lot of people worked in factories and businesses were growing at an increased rate. What is that time period called?
Industrial Revolution
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Describe Jack's character
He is homeless, he is a leader, he lies about his parents because he is prideful
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What major event was happening in 1898 that helped sell newspapers?
The war
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What were the Newsies lives like?
They were homeless, hungry, and poor. They didn't go to school.