What Was The Positive Effects Of Child Labor In The Industrial Revolution

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Overall the industrialization had a greater positive affect on society because of child labor. It was cruel that the kids had to work in the factories. (They worked from five in the morning until seven at night when there were other activities . Document 7)( When there were no activities going on will they were working it would be from six in the morning until seven at night. Document 7)( They had only forty minutes of lunch and had to drink water when they got the chance too. Document 7) Later a man wrote about the kids that were working for a long time everyday saying that the kids should not put up with these long hours and ages six to thirteen had to go to school to learn math and writing. This made the children very happy. However, it later change the ages six to eighteen had to go to school and learn math and reading. Less kids were dying and it had Economic growth. There were no kids dying of lung disease at a young age and there were less pollution in the air for them to breathe because they were basically in school the whole time. In the 1700’s people had to ride horses to get from one place to another and that took a year and a half because it was very far. Then later the men started making cars and trains. (The trains would take people from one place to another in about six months Document 5). That is faster then getting from one place to another on a horse. The cars would take three hours to get from one place to another. That was a huge improvement then the

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