Why did factory owners insist on using child labor?

The correct answer is: because they could pay children less than they paid adults.

Explanation:

Child labor was very useful for factory owners for several reasons.

First of all, they could pay children less than adults, because children were not aware of the worth of the labor and they could not revolt because they were scared of the punishment from their bosses.

Also, children were more obedient and submissive and as they were small, they were allowed to climb into small spaces in mines and they could work on machines easier than adults, because of their nimble hands.

an effect of the steamboat's popularity was that people began building canals in the united states and europe. this was done to find another way to transport goods across the country and in that time, transportation using the river was very slow and dangerous. it depended entirely on manpower and the current of the river. that all changed in the late 1700's when steamboats were introduced. they soon revolutionized travel and trade through the river and dominated the waterways. eventually, other means of transportation took over from the steamboats, but there was a time that they the united states to expand to the west.

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