Kids at Work
Across
- 4. - "While I was there, two __________ _______ fell or were carried in to the coal chute, where they were smothered to death. (pg 48)
- 8. - Breaker boys worked in ________ _________. (Pg 47)
- 10. - street kids that sold newspapers were called _______________.
- 12. - Make a person or area poor
- 14. - Person learning a trade from a skilled employer
- 17. - Abnormally thin or weak, esp. because of illness or lack of food
- 18. - Isolate, to keep separate
Down
- 1. - Involving risk or danger
- 2. - "A twelve-year-old doffer boy fell into a spinning machine and the unprotected gering tore out two of his _____________." (pg 35)
- 3. - "None of the child labor laws in effect at that t ime applied to ______ _______." (page 63)
- 5. In poor health
- 6. - What do they call girls that work in cotton mills? (pg 32)
- 7. - What do they call boys that work in cotton mills? (pg 35)
- 9. - Photographer who exposed the dangers of child labor
- 11. - To use selfishly or unethically; take unfair advantage of
- 13. Unable to read or write
- 15. - People who work to make changes in something (typically social, political, or economical) to improve it
- 16. - A person who relies on another, esp. a family member for financial support