The document discusses child labor in the late 19th/early 20th century United States. It describes how children as young as 7 worked in mines, factories, mills, farms, canneries and other industries. They worked long hours in dangerous conditions for low pay. This stunted their growth and health. While families were poor and child labor helped support them, it denied children an education and negatively impacted society. Photographer Lewis Hine documented the conditions to raise awareness of the issue.

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“You think school is
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what they had to do.”
-Cheyenne Ward QuickTimeª and a
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2. Where Did They Work
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 Glass Factories
 Textile Mills QuickTimeª and a
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 Canneries
 Home Industries QuickTimeª and a
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 Newsboys
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 Pleddlers

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 After the civil war a variety of inventions, and a
wealth of resources helped to fuel an industrial
boom.
 Lots of labor was needed.
 Children worked very cheaply and were easier to
push around and control
 Many families were very poor but had many
children. The children needed to work to support
their family so that they could survive.

4. Problems
 Children had always been expected to
help their family and work on the farm but
the factory jobs presented new problems
and dangers.
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5. Problems
 Children were working in very dangerous
conditions for 10 to 12 hours a day.
 Many lost fingers or arms or toes and
even their lives
 There was no help for
injured workers as
they could easily be
replaced

6. Problems
 Besides injury the long hours at work stunted the
growth and ruined the health of the child
workers.
 Spending long hours in factories, mines and
mills with poor ventilation
and not being able to be
outside in the sunlight
permanently damaged the
health and future of the
children doomed to this life

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Problems
Furman Owens, 12 years old. Can't read.
Doesn't know his A,B,C's.
Said, "Yes I want to learn but can't
when I work all the time. he had been working
In the mills since he was 7 years old.
The lack of education impacted society because so many were
not educated. This made them even more vulnerable and less able to
support a family or teach their own children later in life.

8. Someone Had to Care
 Lewis Hine used his camera to tell the
world about the evils of child labor
 His pictures captured the horrors and
desperate circumstances of the children
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9. Many Children Still “Enslaved
Today
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10. References
 http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-phot
 http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
 http://www.worlded.org/WEIInternet/projects/ListProje