There were no child labor laws, factories needed as many workers as they could get, families needed as much money as they could get, and children had smaller fingers and hands, making them ideal for some more precise jobs.
Children worked in factories during the late 1800's, during the Industrial Revolution. In order to survive, the families had to have every able member of the family go to work, including the children.
problems one problem children have today is they have to do work and some parents use there children as slaves!! advanteages one advanteage that children have today is they have a law that protects them from being worked to hard and most children work for at least 5 or so hours but the children in 1800s worked almost up to 19 hors and up to 6yrs old worked in factories.
The ages of children or women working in factories now corresponded to the time they could work in a day and/or week.
were paid less than half the wage of a man for the same work.
Lots of fabric, for instance - it was the main cotton manufacturer. (but much more than this - this is how everything started).
Children worked in factories during the late 1800's, during the Industrial Revolution. In order to survive, the families had to have every able member of the family go to work, including the children.
They ran the machines, the smaller children had to climb to operate their machine
problems one problem children have today is they have to do work and some parents use there children as slaves!! advanteages one advanteage that children have today is they have a law that protects them from being worked to hard and most children work for at least 5 or so hours but the children in 1800s worked almost up to 19 hors and up to 6yrs old worked in factories.
Children could not work in factories under the age of nine:)
Yes
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yes thy did
sweat shops
hard. they were fed little and forced to work long hours.
The working conditions in the 1800s were poor and unsafe. There was no labor laws with many people being overworked including children.
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.
Children did a lot of things during ww2. They were helping the women and elderly work in the weapons, planes, and shipbuilding factories.