Bread and Roses Poem
What does bread stand for in the poem.
Money
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New York
It was said that some girls would have to work in the smell of ____
a. Nasty clothes
b. Sweaty Odor
c. Vile beer
Vile Beer
What was the name of the company that caused 146 of its workers deaths (mostly women) due to unsafe work conditions during a fire
a. Circle company
b. Triangle company
c. Square company
b. Triangle Company
What was it called where workers stopped coming to work in order for a company to increase pay or other reasons?
A Strike
What do the roses stand for in the poem.
Life
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Roses
Sometimes the floor would be made out of cement in washrooms and one would feel as if they were standing on ____.
Hot Coals
In 1914 how many people were killed in industrial accidents
a. 10,000
b. 35,000
c. 55,000
35,000
in 1914 the income of 100,000 families earning $500 equaled ___ families earning $1 million or more
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Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until _____ ______
(what comes next?)
Life Closes
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Mothers
some workers in washing areas would be folding clothes and some shifts would last up to __ hours
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In the year ____ 27,000 workers were killed on the job, in manufacturing, transport, and agriculture.
1904
Even though it was illegal families depended on ____ to put money on the table
Child Labor
As we go marching, marching, we bring the greater days
The rising of the women means...
(what comes next?)
The rising of the race
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Government
most of the deaths that happened in Lawrence were because of health dangers like _____
Thick smoke
What condition did Sadie get while working which made her unable to eat, start to swell, lose use of one hand, and make her gums turn blue?
Lead Poisoning
Many of the girls who worked had no home or parents and were forced to clothe and shelter themselves on how much a week?
$3.00 a week
As we go marching, marching, unnumbered women dead
Go crying through our singing their....
(What comes next?)
Ancient call for bread
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What happened to Teoli where 3 weeks after she started working she got hospitalized for seven months?
Her hair got stuck in some machinery
more than half the children born in ______ died before the age of 6
Lawrence
In Massachusetts a small town made up of mostly immigrants depended on _____ _____ for money.
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