All of the Following Statements Are Reasons Why Child Labor

question 7

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are reasons why child labor was problematic EXCEPT:

• A)child laborers took well-paying jobs from legal immigrants.
• B)child laborers often received no education.
• C)children suffered three times as many accidents as adults.
• D)a child working in a textile mill was only half as likely to reach the age of twenty as a child outside a mill.
• E)the few child labor laws that existed were rarely enforced and often ignored.

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