Impact Of Child Labor On American Labor
Child labor impacted American labor because of the harsh way they treated children. They chose children as young as four to work in their factories. They worked in coal mines, factories, and many other places. They were often employed together with their parents and many parents in mill towns depended on their children to make enough money for necesities. They chose children because factory owners saw them as cheap and less likely to go on strike. They also chose them because in coal mines they could fit in places were adults could not. They worked because most parents did not earn much money so they had to make their children work in order to gain enough money. They also picked them because they had smaller hands than adults so their