https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd Made with passion en-us 2018-04-05 01:15:52 UTC 2025-11-02 23:22:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 1034272 https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248226264 * Long hours (6 days a week for 12 hours with minimal breaks)
* Low wages ($2.50 a day, if lucky)
* Machinery in factories could cause small fingers, legs, and arms, to be caught due to the fast motion 
* Factory environment was a threat, due to the fumes and toxins
* Harvested crops in extreme temperatures, it could be considered normal for the kids
* Carried loads of heavy and dangerous tools
* Limited education due to long hours 
* Some factories employing children led to diseases which led to deaths  
* Some kids were beaten, mainly the youngest ones by owners]]> 2018-04-03 17:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248226264 1034272 https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248717482 * Most families needed the income that children made in order to survive
* Orphans simply worked so they were able to eat, no pay just food 
* Other families forced kids because they were just greedy
* Some parents were advocates for child labor and child thought that was the way it was 
* Poverty
* Work was considered traditional for ordinary people's lives
* Children could have just done it to leave the house because parents were verbally and physically abusive
* They were considered "little adults" and expected to help out with family
 ]]> 2018-04-05 01:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248717482 1034272 https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248720823 * Size; allowed kids to move in small spaces and mines
* Easier to manage and control
* Could be paid less than adults
* Small hands were to able to work through and faster with machines
* Kids were less likely to revolt because they were scared of punishment they would receive
* More obedient than adults (not rebel)
* Difficult for children to unionize
* Easier to contract since immigrants were willing to do anything to help pay for food and shelter]]> 2018-04-05 01:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248720823 1034272 https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248722202 * Between 1902-1905 organizations were committed to end child labor
* Reformers started to notice the harsh conditions children worked in, life's at jeopardy
* Photographer Lewis Hine started to take pictures, spreading it around causing people to be aware 
* Education was starting to become a necessity for children, for personal fulfillment and nation advancement
* Simple tasks were mechanized, causing factories to need semi-skilled adults for the equipment
* Jobs started to require higher education levels, causing kids to go to school for the necessary amount of time 
* Efforts since 1900, the National Child Labor Committee in 1904 worked towards the goal of better life's for the children(removing child labor)
* The Great Depression changed the political attitudes and child labor reform benefited 
* Adults needed more available jobs, causing children to leave so there 
were more jobs for adults]]> 2018-04-05 02:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248722202 1034272 https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248722246 * Limited working hours 
* Improved working conditions
* National minimum wage 
* Limitations on the child labor
* Employment of children under the age of sixteen was prohibited in mining & manufacturing 
* Stricter regulations on safety for children
* Britain in 1833 made it illegal for children under the age of nine to work
* Factory Acts: minimum working age: 9 & maximum working hours: 12, established paid inspectors to enforce laws, and limited working hours for 10 to children and women]]> 2018-04-05 02:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1034272/gv85loca16pd/wish/248722246