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causes- Bad working conditions
during the Industrial Revolution Children were used for child labor because they didn't have to make the working conditions as good so the business owners could focus their money on other things. If the kids died their was enough kids that had to work that they could just throw another kid in their without anything happening. “A child with a factory job might work 12 to 18 hours a day, 6 days a week, to earn a dollar. Many children began working before the age of 7 (ch3 Doc A). -
Causes of child labor- cheap
One cause that they used child labor was because they didn't have to pay the kids as much. They were made to work in the factories and they would only get paid so much a day. They didn't have to pay them as much as adults because they knew they couldn't stand up for themselves. They were also made work at a young age because the families at the lower end of the spectrum needed as much help as they can get so they would offend make their children work (Ch2 Doc 3). -
cause- mold them
Children were used in the industrial revolution to mold them into better workers. Some parents traded their children the slave masters for "practice" so that they could be taught the habits of industry (Ch2 Doc C). This shows they wanted to mold them because the parent would trade their kids so they could be taught more about the industry so that when their older they are better workers. -
Characteristics of child labor
Dangerous-Children were often worked till limbs were hurt or broken or if they were even killed
grueling-Children often worked 16- 18 hour days with little sleep so they usually became sick (ch3 doc A)
difficult- at the age of 7 they were made hauling loads or spinning mills (Ch3 doc A). -
Argumentative claim
child labor was used because it was cheap, they didn't have to make the working conditions as good, and they wanted to mold them into better people -
Characteristics pt 2
unhealthy- some kids under 14 worked in mines and they would sometimes work their fingers to bone (Ch 3 Doc B).
deadly-a girl named Camella started working in a mill, she barely made it 2 weeks before a part of he hair got caught and she had part of her scalp ripped off (Ch 3 Doc C) -
change 2
one of the changes that were made in response to child labor during the Industrial Revolution were they changed the law so that you couldn’t work at such a young age. laws were passed like the Fair labor standards act to make the minimum age for working 14 for safe jobs and 16 for normal jobs 16 and 18 fro dangerous jobs (Doc D). The laws passed so 16 and 18 is when you can start work. -
change 3
One more change that was made in response to child labor during the Industrial Revolution was that many acts were trying to be passed to stop child labor. In doc E it says “ The Public Contracts Act of 1936 required boys to be 16 and girls to be 18 to work in firms supplying goods under federal contract.” Also in doc A, the fair labor standards act was passed. These acts wouldn’t be being passed if there was no reason it was a real problem. -
changes
the changes that were made in response to child labor during the Industrial Revolution were that laws were passed to give the children more rights. Not until 1938, with the Fair Labor Standards Act, did any attempt at child labor legalization succeed (ch3 doc A). This document shows They got paid less till the laws passed because they couldnt do anything about the work conditions till the fair labor Act was passed.