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1. Industrial Revolution
By Jayden Worden

2. Why did so many children work in factories?
The main reason that so many children had to work is because workers in factories would be
paid low amounts of money for long hours that barely allowed them to afford the cost of living
like food or water. For that reason children had to work at factories even though they are only
being payed 10-20% as much as adults

3. How were children used in factories?
Children were told to unclogging machines, and operate machines. Children were use for
unclogging machines because they were small and could reach or crawl into small areas. They
had children operate machines because machines were easy to operate.

4. What dangers did they face?
Some of the dangers they faced were getting their finger cut off, breaking their lims, and death.
The reason that they got their fingers cut off is because when they would unclog a machine it
would start up without any notice. The employers did not give children proper close for the jobs
they are assigned. There are no safety precautions like guardrails and turning off machines
when being fixed.

5. What laws did the government put in place
for the children's protection
The government made it so no child workers under 9 years of age. Employers must have a
medical or age certificate for child workers. Children between the ages of 9-13 to work no more
than 9 hours a day. Children between 13-18 to work no more than 12 hours a day. Children are
not to work at night. Two hours schooling each day for children.

6. What were the role of slaves in agriculture
As a general rule, slaves were considered suitable for working some crops but not others. Slaves
rarely were employed in growing grains such as rye, oats, wheat, millet, and barley, although at
one time or another slaves sowed and especially harvested all of these crops. Most favoured by
slave owners were commercial crops such as olives, grapes, sugar, cotton, tobacco, coffee, and
certain forms of rice that demanded intense labour to plant, considerable tending throughout
the growing season, and significant labour for harvesting.

7. How did the industrial revolution affect
slaves
The industrial revolution affected slaves in good and bad ways slaves in northern part of the
United states benefited from it by making them less needed in farms and

8. citations
https://www.historycrunch.com/child-labor-in-the-industrial-revolution.html#/
https://www.ducksters.com/history/us_1800s/child_labor_industrial_revolution.php
http://www2.onu.edu/~b-miller.26/laws.html
https://www.britannica.com/topic/slavery-sociology/Agriculture
https://www.ushistory.org/us/22b.asp