1. Why did the use of child labor increase after the Civil War? After the Civil war demand for labor grew because the availability of natural resources‚ new inventions‚ and a receptive market. Children were sent to work to help support their families since the factory wages for their parents were low. 2. Why did many oppose the use of children as factory workers? Many opposed child labor since the long hours of work deprived the children of the opportunity to go to school. Also‚
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Civilization 300 May 2024 Child Labor during the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place from 1760 to 1840‚ reaching all areas of the globe. First starting in Great Britain‚ then spreading to the rest of Europe‚ and finally westward to the United States‚ this 80-year period modernized the globe through advancements in technology‚ production‚ urbanization‚ and economics. As a result‚ the workforce was forever altered. With a significant change in the workforce‚ child labor practices became
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companies employing child labor Two lines of arguments: 1) Economic Sense for the Corporations‚ reduces their costs 2) Benefits for the children employed in child labor I think‚ given it is an ethics class‚ we should go with the second line of attack being that child labor has clear benefits for the children employed in child labor in the developing world. If asked‚ most people in our society will tell you that they are dead set against the concept of child labor. They look disapprovingly
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about $1 to $2 a day‚ according to The New York Times. Kids are having to work in horrible conditions. They are dying while working. They also have very heavy machinery in the factories. Along with many other companies‚ Nike took the pledge to End Child Labor. They also applied the rules abroad the United States. A graduate from Oxford University ‚Nadira Faulmüller‚ was hesitant to join the boycotts because there was going to be a lot more to it. I wasn’t just going to be boycotting. It was going to
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pollutants‚ and child labor. The three key points that I will discuss are: The messages from photos about child labor during the industrialization Era in America‚ how child labor has changed in The United States throughout time‚ and what caused child labor to change due to the industrialization era. Child labor was at its peak during the industrialization era. Working in the factories was dangerous‚ because it was extremely unsanitary and unsafe. Factories were especially not the place for a child to be in
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In her speech to the National American Women Suffrage Association in 1905‚ Florence Kelly encourages women to fight against child labor by illustrating how the children suffer and by emphasizing the extent child labor has reached. Children had it tough in 1905‚ Kelly illustrated this by using very powerful images. “Tonight while we sleep‚ several thousand little girls are working in textile mills‚ all the night through.” “A girl of seven or six years‚ just tall enough to reach the bobbins‚ may work
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IS 364 Adeleke Eburne 8-100 10/1/12 Child Labor Laws The Department of Labor is the sole federal agency that monitors child labor and enforces child labor laws. The most sweeping federal law that restricts the employment and abuse of child workers is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Child labor provisions under FLSA are designed to protect the educational opportunities of youth and prohibit their employment in jobs that are detrimental to their health and safety
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Beyond the consequence of forced labor‚ the main cause of poor living conditions/poverty is where the Child Labor occured. The statistics have specifically show that near 26% of children within an age between 7-14 years old are slaves today. Presently about 15 millions of Indian Children were forced to work during the end of 20th century. In fact child slavery still exist in other places. Said and Yarg are brothers who lived in Mauritania; they became slaves after they were bored for a while. These
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The English government addressed this child labor‚ though they did not fully solve it‚ in 1802 when they passed the Health and Morals Act‚ which reads‚ “The minimum age of employment shall be nine years. The working day for children under fourteen shall be limited to twelve hours‚”(3). This is
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The Progressive Era was a huge time period in US history. Many changes had occurred during this time period. Amendments 16-19 were ratified between 1890-1920. WWI comes into play for women’s rights in the early 1900s and child labor drops during the Progressive Era. Iconic people in the time period made impacts to help change America and make it equal for everyone who lived there. The food that was made in the nation from meat shops had been shut down. Monopolies had been taking over the Senate overruling
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