Question

Why were children often hired in factories during the Industrial Revolution?

Children could fit into tight spaces between machines and could be paid similar wages, so factory owners hired them
Men were too busy on the family farm to work in factories, so factory owners needed to hire children
There were no schools for children who lived in the city, so factory owners hired them so they had something to do during the day
Factories were too dangerous for women to work in, so factory owners hired children instead

Answer 1

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Children were often hired in factories during the Industrial Revolution because they could fit into tight spaces between machines and could be paid lower wages than adult workers. Additionally, many children lived in impoverished conditions and needed to work to support their families, making them a cheap source of labor for factory owners. There were also no child labor laws at the time, so factory owners were able to exploit children for their labor without consequences.