Effects of the IR: Child Labor and Gender Roles

CL: During the industrial revolution the middle and upper class began to believe that children

• Should be protected and educated

• Were essentially mini-adults

• Should work in factories

• Should be limited to stop the growing population

CL: Why did the FIRST reformers begin to question the use of child labor?

• Because it conflicted with emerging moral ideas on childhood

• Because they wanted to protect adult wages

• Because of lawsuits against factories

• Because of massive strikes led by children

CL: The most influential child labor reforms did what to end child labor?

• Showed people how cruel child labor was

• Helped people see that ALL children deserved an education

• Made child labor more expensive and economically less appealing

• Required a minimum wage for all workers

CL: All of the following are reasons why child labor continued to exist even after reform was passed EXCEPT

• People ignored the law because child labor was still cheap

• Inspections were inconsistent so laws were not always enforced

• Many children were employed in informal work

• There were not enough schools for all of the children

GR: What "sphere" were women regulated to after the Industrial Revolution?

• The "private" sphere

• The "public" sphere

• The "government" sphere

• The "parental" sphere

GR: All of the following are reasons women began to take care of the home instead of working EXCEPT

• After child labor was outlawed they had to take care of their children

• Most high paying jobs, even in factories and mines, were for men

• Being a housewife was very hard work and it was hard to have a job and take care of home

• Paid maternity leave made taking time off from work to stay home appealing

GR: The Mines Act of 1842 outlawed women working in the mines in part because

• They were concerned mines made them sexually aggressive

• They were concerned that the mines affected women's lungs

• They were concerned that the mines paid too much and would encourage women to keep working

• They were concerned that women getting dirty would make them less appealing wives

GR: Which women in society continued to work after the Industrial Revolution? (2 correct answers)

• Very poor married women

• Unmarried women

• Girls (female children)

• Mothers