Why did mill owners hire many women and children?
a.
women and children were more skilled and better trained.
b.
owners wanted to keep mothers and their children together.
c.
women and children would work for less money than men.
d.
most men refused to do manual labor in mills.

Me! these questions are based on american people in the south essential questions: question 1: for what reasons will one group of people exploit another? focus questions: question 1: what influenced the development of the south more: geography, economy, or slavery? question 2: what were the economic, political and social arguments for and againsts slavery in the first half of the 19th century.