Question

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Answer 1

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

Explanation: Factory owners hired children because they were cheap labor and small enough to work in confined or hard-to-reach places around machinery, making them more profitable despite the dangerous conditions.