Post on 07-May-2015
SE: US 3C
Child
Labor
during the
Gilded Age
By Brad Harris,
Grand Prairie HS
Immigrant children were put to work in
sweatshops – jobs with harsh working conditions
Child Labor
Child Labor
Businesses
wanted to hire
children because
they were a cheap
source of labor.
Child Labor
Parents wanted children to work for 3 reasons: 1) their families needed the money
2) they thought hard work built character
3) they believed once children learned how to read, write,
and do basic math, they were educated enough
Child Labor
Child labor included factory work, mining or quarrying, agriculture, or doing odd jobs.
Child Labor
Children often
worked in
dangerous factory jobs…
Child Labor
...or dangerous jobs
in mines because of their size
Child Labor
Newspaper carriers were known as “Newsies”
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