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Simply because they could. No one in power was looking out for the welfare of those children. Children were cheap and easily replaced when they became sick or injured. They could be taught to do monotonous tasks and could not speak up for themselves. They were extremely vulnerable to exploitation by wealthy factory owners.
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Where did the bulk of the manpower come from to work in the many new factories?
Immigrants, women, and children.
The American work force in the early nineteenth century was characterized by?
substantial employment of women and children in factories
What ages where the children that worked in the English factories?
what age were the children during the indusrial revolution? From age 4+ and over can start work. The youngest children as young as four were employed in production factories with dangerous, and often fatal, working conditions.
What child laws passed during the industrial revolution?
Children could not work in factories under the age of nine:)
Where did the children workers in the industrial revolution sleep?
Factories often hired women and children because they would work for cheaper. Not only that, but children could work long hours. Many children also worked as newboys or did ran errands for shops.
Why would businesses hire children to work in factories?
Children work cheaper than adultsChildren are smaller than adults and can fit into tighter spots to work or repair machineryChildren are easier to boss around
Did Victorian children work in factories?
Yes
Where did Victorian children work in factories?
yes
Why factories were able to hire people at a very low wage?
Many people needed work.
Why were factories able to hire people a very low wage?
Many people needed work.
Why were factories able hire people at a very low wage?
Many people needed work.
What kind off factories did children work in?
sweat shops
Did Victorian children work at brick factories?
yes thy did
Why did Victorian children work in factories?
They would do it so they would get a meal
Why does Abercrombie and Fitch hire cheap labor from children and adults in sweatshops?
That's very illegal. They don't hire children to work in sweatshops!
What did Victorian children have to work as?
They used to work in factories and mine. which took place in a dirty place
Why do TNC's prefer to have their factories in LEDC's?
they perfer it because it is cheaper to do it there and because of the infant mortality rate that means woman will have more children then the children can go work in the factories
