Child Labor Activity 3

I recently read this article about Child Labor in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos/

     During the 1800s it was very common for children to be working. There were no laws or restrictions on child labor like there are now. A reason why a lot of those laws are in place are because of Lewis Hine. Lewis was a photographer of the time who took in upon himself to show the real work being done in America and by who.
    Wages at the time were extremely low, and families needed almost everyone working to support the family but it was a never ending cycle. By the children working they're not in school getting the education that could possibly get them out of this poverty striking lifestyle. It's really sad when you think about it, especially living in this day and age. We as young people tend to complain about going to school and not having a job. They didn't even have a choice.
     The huge companies and factories did not want the rest of the world to know of the harsh conditions that the children were in. There were many injuries and "accidents" that went on during the time that were covered up. It is already identified by many researches that children are not fully developed until pretty much  21+. That being the reason we have age restriction laws on so many things. The work that these factory owners allowed these children to do were way more demanding physically and mentally then their small bodies and minds could comprehend.
  Lewis Hine went into these factories and documented the TRUTH that went on. He died in poverty but his work still lives on today.

"There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work."

-- Lewis Hine, 1908