Child Labor CRQ

Answer the following questions using your knowledge of Social Studies.

Question 1

Short answer

Explain the historical circumstances that led to the situation shown in these engravings.

Source 1.1

Question 2

Short answer

Explain the purpose of the Elementary Education Act of 1880, based on this passage.

Source 2.1

…Further progress was made towards the end of Victoria’s reign. The Factory Act of 1878 prohibited work before the age of 10 and applied to all trades. It was bolstered [strengthened] by the Education Act of 1880, which introduced compulsory schooling up to the age of 10. Subsequent [later] amendments raised the school-leaving age to 12, with dispensations [exemptions] to leave before this age if pupils reached the required standards in reading, writing and arithmetic. By the end of Victoria’s reign, almost all children were in school up to the age of 12. This helped to ensure that a marked improvement in child welfare occurred between the beginning and end of Victoria’s reign.…

Emma Griffin, “Child Labour,” British Library, May 14, 2014

Question 3

Short answer

Identify and explain a cause and effect relationship associated with the ideas or events in documents 1 and 2. Be sure to use evidence from both documents 1 and 2 in your response.

Source 3.1

Source 3.2

…Further progress was made towards the end of Victoria’s reign. The Factory Act of 1878 prohibited work before the age of 10 and applied to all trades. It was bolstered [strengthened] by the Education Act of 1880, which introduced compulsory schooling up to the age of 10. Subsequent [later] amendments raised the school-leaving age to 12, with dispensations [exemptions] to leave before this age if pupils reached the required standards in reading, writing and arithmetic. By the end of Victoria’s reign, almost all children were in school up to the age of 12. This helped to ensure that a marked improvement in child welfare occurred between the beginning and end of Victoria’s reign.…

Emma Griffin, “Child Labour,” British Library, May 14, 2014

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