HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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They didn’t care for their children.
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The law gave them no choice.
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The children were fed at work.
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They needed the additional money.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Children who worked at an early age were often not forced; but did so because they needed to help their family survive financially. Due to poor employment opportunities for many parents, sending their children to work on farms and in factories was a way to help feed and support the family.
Detailed explanation-2: -Poverty and Indebtedness: Poverty is the greatest cause of child labour. For impoverished households, income from a child’s work is generally important for his or her own survival or for that of the household. Children are also bonded to labour because of the family indebtedness.
Detailed explanation-3: -Children needed to help their families financially. Younger laborers worked faster than older laborers. Children liked jobs in factories because it was easy work. Unskilled laborers were needed to operate the machinery.