A Lot of these children had to get jobs during the great depression because their parents could not provide for the whole family, this was a bad thing because they were worked longer and harder than the parents were and got paid less. This kept happening for years until children started dying at work. Then the parents and other workers were getting angry because they were killed at work. These children were anywhere from age 5 to 17 years of age they haven't even started life. The comparison of the weekly pay of the Adults vs. The children. The children are getting paid …show more content…
Child labor was more manageable and cheaper than adult labor and children were less likely to strike. Thus children were employed in the whole range of American industries and their working conditions varied according to the jobs they were expected to follow through with. Children had no choice in the type of jobs they did, it depended on what was available in the location they were raised in. What kind of jobs did Children have in America in the 1800s for child labor? The following table describes the types of jobs and work that employed Child labor in the