"The worst thief is the one who steals the playtime of children" WD Haywood. Child labor has made an extremely drastic transition throughout time. In the industrial revolution era it was not rare at all to see a teen working, instead of attending school. In today's society it has almost become rare to see a teenager working. There seems so many differences in teens working since that era. The industry revolution era was a difficult time for everyone especially child. Everyone started child labor begin the 1800's, the industrial revolution started bringing of the 1800's. The industrial revolution was a time where Europe and America turned there rural areas into industrial and urban. Most families living in rural areas moved to the city,
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Sadly children during this time had to work extremely long hours and got paid almost nothing. Young kids almost six years old worked up to 19 hours a day, with little or no breaks. The factories they were working in were in horrendous condition. The factories were extremely unsuitable for children or even adults. Child labor made up almost 20% of the entire workforce. Young children were doing work that most adults could not do. Children were injured and even sometimes killed. Children did not even have a choice on what job they did. The large amounts of immigration in the 1800's led to a demand for labor including much employment for immigrant children. Most children were forced to work to help their parents through poverty. Their was little regulation in the government to give out the child labor safety regulations. Reform movements, were not present until the 1890's with the Progressive Movement and Progressive …show more content…
Agricultural industry included shooing away birds, sewing, and harvesting the crops. The textile industry worked on making clothes and bringing bobbins to the women's in looms. The most dangerous job was quick possibly the mining industry. They would sometimes carry coil baskets on their shoulders. Working in factories in the Manufacturing industrial was one the most dangerous jobs. Most of the death and injuries game from working in manufacturing. Many kids ended up working about 16 hours a day with domestic work, seven days a week. In the sweatshops children made clothes or other small items. During street work they rummage through the streets collecting their findings. Obviously children had way to many jobs to deal with at six years old. The jobs were clearly dangerous and according to statistics in 1990 25,000 - 35,000 deaths and at least 1 million injuries happened during the industrial jobs, mostly all these victims were kids. Many kids were exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold. In the manufacturing industry they had some institutions on machines, but almost all the children were illiterate. The main reasons for most of the deaths were fires, explosions, cave-ins and train wrecks. Kids were working in places not safe or suitable for
Sadly children during this time had to work extremely long hours and got paid almost nothing. Young kids almost six years old worked up to 19 hours a day, with little or no breaks. The factories they were working in were in horrendous condition. The factories were extremely unsuitable for children or even adults. Child labor made up almost 20% of the entire workforce. Young children were doing work that most adults could not do. Children were injured and even sometimes killed. Children did not even have a choice on what job they did. The large amounts of immigration in the 1800's led to a demand for labor including much employment for immigrant children. Most children were forced to work to help their parents through poverty. Their was little regulation in the government to give out the child labor safety regulations. Reform movements, were not present until the 1890's with the Progressive Movement and Progressive …show more content…
Agricultural industry included shooing away birds, sewing, and harvesting the crops. The textile industry worked on making clothes and bringing bobbins to the women's in looms. The most dangerous job was quick possibly the mining industry. They would sometimes carry coil baskets on their shoulders. Working in factories in the Manufacturing industrial was one the most dangerous jobs. Most of the death and injuries game from working in manufacturing. Many kids ended up working about 16 hours a day with domestic work, seven days a week. In the sweatshops children made clothes or other small items. During street work they rummage through the streets collecting their findings. Obviously children had way to many jobs to deal with at six years old. The jobs were clearly dangerous and according to statistics in 1990 25,000 - 35,000 deaths and at least 1 million injuries happened during the industrial jobs, mostly all these victims were kids. Many kids were exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold. In the manufacturing industry they had some institutions on machines, but almost all the children were illiterate. The main reasons for most of the deaths were fires, explosions, cave-ins and train wrecks. Kids were working in places not safe or suitable for