USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Child labour played an important role in the Industrial Revolution from its outset, often brought about by economic hardship. The children of the poor were expected to contribute to their family income.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historical studies suggest that child work was widespread in Europe and North America in the 19th century, but declined very rapidly at the turn of the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cotton mills. Although the coal industry was vital in many sections of the country, perhaps most prominent among the child-labor-intensive industries was the cotton mill. In 1900, 25, 000 of the nearly 100, 000 textile workers in the South were children under 16.

Detailed explanation-4: -Working children were often hurt due to industrial accidents on unsafe machinery, uneducated since there was no time for school after working over 12 hours a day, and were infected with illness and disease due to the unsafe working conditions in which they were exposed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest proportion of child labourers (26 per cent of children aged 5 to 17 years).