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Why did child labor become so widely used during the Progressive Era? Select three options.

Education was no longer valued by the working class.
Children needed to help bring in income for their families.
Business owners could pay children less money than adults.
Children in major cities were willing to work in factories for no pay.
Unskilled labor could be used to operate newly developed machinery.

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Answer:

No, I believe the answers are 2, 3, 5

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Its not 4 because children needed to bring in income for their families, so they weren't willing to work without getting any pay. Its not 1 because education wasn't valued at all yet. I believe 2, 3, and 5 are correct.

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Answer:

its the second third and fourth options

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