USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In rural areas, young boys, some reportedly under age 14, 47 toiled in mines, sometimes working their fingers literally to the bone, breaking up coal. Young lads in urban areas often earned their living as newspaper carriers or as couriers. In many towns, mills and glass factories regularly employed girls and boys.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Industrial Revolution saw the rise of factories and mines in need of workers. Children were ideal employees because they could be paid less, were often of smaller size so could attend to tasks in tight spaces and were less likely to organize and strike against their pitiable working conditions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Labor unions were some of the first opponents to child labor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Industrialization attracted workers and their families from farms and rural areas into urban areas and factory work. In factories and mines, children were often preferred as employees, because owners viewed them as more manageable, cheaper, and less likely to strike.