Why were factory owners and managers willing to hire women and children during the Industrial Revolution? Select one:

a.
Education was unimportant to children at this time in history.

b.
To keep families together entire families were hired by owners.

c.
Women and children had a more even work temperament.

d.
Wages for women and children were less than a man’s wages.

D. Wages for women and children were less than a man’s wages.

Explanation:

A. Is not necessarily true. Although some may not have seen education as important, this is a stereotype, which rules the answer out.

B. Owners would not really care about keeping families together. They are only looking out for themselves.

C. Once again, this is a stereotype or hasty generalization. Whenever there are answer choices like this, you usually can rule them out.

D. Women and children were able to be paid less, because they were not seen as equals.

History: During this time period, many women and children starting joining the workforce due to men being at war, and etc. Children would work to bring in money from their families and they had awful conditions. Because of these events discussed in the question, the United States now has laws put in place to protect children, these laws are called "Child Labor Acts".

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