Why did industrialization lead to an increase in child labor? Select three options.Children could be paid less than adults.Children needed to help their families financially.Younger laborers worked faster than older laborers.Children liked jobs in factories because it was easy work.Unskilled laborers were needed to operate the machinery.

Factories could pay children less than adults, which reduced labor costs. Many families also depended on children’s wages to help meet household expenses. Finally, industrial machinery created demand for unskilled workers, and children were often hired to do this work; claims that children worked faster or simply preferred easy factory jobs do not explain the increase.

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