Question

Question
Why were children often hired to work in factories during the Industrial Revolution?(2 points)
Responses

Men were too busy on the family farm to work in factories, so factory owners needed to hire children.
Men were too busy on the family farm to work in factories, so factory owners needed to hire children.

There were no schools for children who lived in the city, so factory owners hired them so they had something to do during the day.
There were no schools for children who lived in the city, so factory owners hired them so they had something to do during the day.

Factories were too dangerous for women to work in, so factory owners hired children instead.
Factories were too dangerous for women to work in, so factory owners hired children instead.

Children could fit into tight spaces between machines and could be paid smaller wages, so factory owners hired them.

Answer 1

Children could fit into tight spaces between machines and could be paid smaller wages, so factory owners hired them.

Explanation: Employers sought cheap, easily managed labor and small bodies that could work in cramped, dangerous parts of machinery; economic pressure on families also led to children working.