Which of the following best describes child labor in the late 1800s? O Children who worked hard were paid higher wages. O Children did physical labor after school each day. O Children did physical labor instead of going to school. O Children had the opportunity to learn a skilled trade.​

Factories employing children were often very dangerous places leading to injuries and even deaths. Machinery often ran so quickly that little fingers, arms and legs could easily get caught. Beyond the equipment, the environment was a threat to children as well as factories put out fumes and toxins.

In both Britain and the United States, what happened in the 1870s that limited child labor? ... Laws passed in both countries prohibited children under 14 from working. Laws passed in both countries limited children to work only 8 hours a day. Compulsory education and attendance laws were passed in both countries.

They had long and inflexible work hours. According to many studies, these hours ranged from 14 hours a day or 70 hours per week. The child laborers worked in environments that were unhealthy and dangerous to their physical well being. Many lost limbs, were killed in gas explosions; crushed under machines; and burned.

Child labor thus leads to lower wages and higher unemployment among adults. Children who work and do not go to school will end up in low paid jobs later, and so will their children – and so the vicious cycle of poverty is perpetuated. ... there is no decent work for adults; we have not done enough to stop it.

In 1883, Samuel Gompers led the New York labor movement to successfully sponsor legislation prohibiting cigar-making in tenements, where thousands of young children worked in the trade. The first organizational efforts to establish a national child labor reform organization began in the South.

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