Question

What happened when Mother Jones tried to meet with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Answer 1

Answer:

According to paragraph, 29 "The president's secretary replied that the president felt that child labor was a problem for individual states to solve. "He is a brave guy when he wants to take a gun out and fight other grown people," said Mother Jones in disgust, "but when those children went to him, he could not see them."

Explanation:

This means that Roosevelt saw Mother Jones as a threat to him.