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The Industrial Revolution: Good Or Bad?

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The industrial revolution was more positive than negative.The industrial revolution started in 1819. kids started working at the age of 9 and the maximum hours they work for were 12. today we come to school for 7 to 8 hours then we go home and do our assignment and now kids are allowed to work for their own money at the age of 15 but during the revolution, kids could work at the age of 3 for 18 to 19 hours per day with only half an hour break to rest. kids back then didn't have a fun childhood because they had to go to work and they didn't go to school child labor started in the 80's child labor started because they were fast to understand what they were told to do and they didn't have the strength to fight back and also kids had to support …show more content…

kids couldn't go to school because their parents were depending on their income. kids not going to school really affected them because, Without an education, they were most likely not going to be able to have a job that makes enough money to get out of poverty. The kids worked for about few cents a day sometimes not getting anything at all Children Today don’t have to work. Because of child labor laws strictly saying that kids can’t work until their 15 years old, and by the time kids are 15 they would’ve had an education. Making the percentage of people in poverty

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