INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT
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Child labor did not exist before the Industrial Revolution.
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Laws kept children from working in dangerous mines and factories.
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Most child laborers spent part of each day in school.
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Mines and text factories employed large numbers of children.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best describes child labor during the early years of the Industrial Revolution? Mines and text factories employed large numbers of children.
Detailed explanation-2: -Statement that best describes the Industrial revolution: There was a gradual change in the way people lived and worked.
Detailed explanation-3: -Children worked in large numbers in mines, glass factories, the textile industry, agriculture, canneries, and as newsboys, messengers, shoe shiners, and peddlers. As America was becoming more industrialized, many poor families had no choice but to send their children to work in order to help the family survive.
Detailed explanation-4: -What do the figures indicate about child labor during this part of the Industrial Revolution? In 1861, new laws forced factories to stop hiring children. paying lower wages to adult workers.