Question

What is the MAIN reason that employers hired young boys and girls to work in factories and mines?

a. Children need work and did not complain
b. Employers paid children less than they paid adults
c. Children learn quicker than adults
d. Children were healthier than adults and were not as likely to become sick or injured.

Answer 1

B. Employers paid children less than they paid adults.

Around that time period children, especially orphans, didn't have many rights or protective laws. As a result, business owners could get away with paying with them less.