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What working conditions were like for children in the Industrial Revolution:

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What working conditions were like for children in the Industrial Revolution:

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During the Industrial Revolution, children often had to do dangerous work and were kept working for long hours. They worked in hazardous conditions that were more appropriate for adults. In some cases, children would lose body part when working on high powered machinery with little knowledge or training. Other times, when children worked in mines, the smoke was unhealthy for their young lungs. The fumes would give them lung diseases. Overall, work for children was considered as threatening toward their lives.

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Young children would go to work because child labor was a common practice throughout the Industrial Revolution. It is estimated that in the early 1800s, nearly 50% of the workers were under the ripe age of fourteen. Children were also hired by cheap businessmen looking for gullible kids that didn't know what they were getting themselves into.

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Why employers would want to hire children:

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Why employers would want to hire children:

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Several businessmen would try to hire children because they were cheap, worked hard, and could do some jobs that other adults could not have the ability to do well. However, some businesses would take advantage of the child workers. Several treated the children no better than slaves and forced them to work long and earned little pay. Other times, different businesses believed that they were helping the children by feeding them and keeping them from starving from death. These businesses were not the type to trick children into their cooperation.

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When child labor laws began to develop and why:

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When child labor laws began to develop and why:

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Child labor laws began to develop in the early 1900s. There was an argument about these laws, because businesses liked the cheap labor that they could earn with innocent children. Some families also did not like the child labor rules because they needed their children to bring money home to them. However, laws were eventually passed.

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What types of child labor laws developed:

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What types of child labor laws developed:

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Even though some citizens were frustrated about the child labor laws, they had to be passed for the sake of the children. These laws placed minimal limitations on child labor. It also set a minimum wage and put limits on how many hours an employee should have to work.