Industrial Revolution and child labor

Pacome Schembri at 01h34
15
Nov
2010
Industrial Revolution and child labor


During the 1800s the Industrial Revolution spread throughout Britain and the US. The use of steam-powered machines, led to a huge growth in the number of factories. When the number of factories started to grow many people from the countryside began to move into cities looking for better jobs. Once they moved to the cities, they realized it was not what they had expected it to be. For these families to be able to survive, each member of the

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