1.) What statement below best restates the overall message portrayed in the
political cartoon above?
a. Children are working, while adults are only benefitting.
b. Everyone wins when children are doing the labor.
c. Child labor is ok if there is parental consent.
d. Instead of having child labor, the elderly should be made to work.
*This is pretty self-explanatory. The cartoon is not calling for the elderly to work,
but for adults in their prime to work. Those that are extremely old or extremely
young should not be required to work.
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2.) What statement below best restates the overall message portrayed in the
political cartoon above?
a. All children can be bought and sold in open market like animals.
b. Only poor children should be used for child labor.
c. Capitalists are getting rich off of child labor.
d. None of the above are true.
*As you can see, the man with tons of money in his pocket has the words
“Northern Capitalist” on his coat.
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3.) What statement below best restates the overall message portrayed in the
political cartoon above?
a. American children are lazy and should work like Indonesian children.
b. Indonesian children will get into college because they know the value
of hard work.
c. Indonesian children choose not to wear shoes.
d. Child labor still exists in the world.
*This cartoon is not calling for the return of child labor in the US. Children
everywhere should not have to work. It is pointing out the inadequacy between
these two nations, where children who are being exploited by child labor still do
not have enough money to buy shoes.
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