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Which answer best describes why many factory owners hired children in the 1800s

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Answer:

Children could be paid less to do the same work

Step-by-step explanation:

Children are gullible and do not yet know the value of money fully as adults do.

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Well, they are kids so they don't understand the concept of money. Children were hired because its labor that was needed, and it was a cheap way for the owners to keep their money since the child was paid a whole lot less than a man or woman.
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