Author Question: All of the following were advantages of using children for labor EXCEPT: a. children were ... (Read 65 times)

LCritchfi · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

All of the following were advantages of using children for labor EXCEPT:

a. children were acccustomed to working as part of the family household unit.
b. children had a delicate touch in working as cotton spinnners.
c. children were more educated after the requirement of mandatory education.
d. children could be paid considerably less than adults.
e. children were easier to train for factory work.

Question 2

In Self Help, Samuel Smiles espoused the belief that

a. the poor were able to be divided into deserving and undeserving poor based on their choices.
b. the government had an obligation to provide the basic standards of living to all citizens.
c. people succeeded through their own efforts and moral behavior.
d. laissez-faire applied to social constructs as well as economic, and the government shouldn't intervene.
e. none of these.