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  1. Q1. Which of the following was the primary economic reason factory owners preferred hiring children over adults during the early Industrial Revolution?
  2. Q2. What physical characteristic made children particularly 'useful' in textile mills?
  3. Q3. The term 'parish apprentices' refers to which group of child laborers?
  4. Q4. In the coal mining industry, what was the specific role of a 'trapper'?
  5. Q5. What was the primary goal of the British Factory Act of 1833?
  6. Q6. Which medical condition was common among child chimney sweeps due to constant exposure to soot?
  7. Q7. How did the shift from the 'Domestic System' to the 'Factory System' change the nature of child labor?
  8. Q8. The 'Sadler Report' of 1832 was significant because it:
  9. Q9. What was the 'hurrying' job in 19th-century coal mines usually performed by older children or women?
  10. Q10. Which of the following was a biological consequence for many children working long hours in industrial settings?
  11. Q11. In the United States, which photographer and sociologist used his camera to expose the reality of child labor in the early 1900s?
  12. Q12. The 'Ten Hours Act' of 1847 specifically limited the workday for which groups in Britain?
  13. Q13. Why did many working-class parents initially resist laws that banned or limited child labor?
  14. Q14. What was a 'piecer's' primary responsibility in a spinning mill?
  15. Q15. The 'Mines Act of 1842' in Britain was significant because it:
  16. Q16. Which resource did children working in 'glassworks' factories primarily struggle with?
  17. Q17. What role did the 'Overseer' play regarding child labor in early factories?
  18. Q18. In the context of the Industrial Revolution, what does 'compulsory education' have to do with child labor?
  19. Q19. Which industry in the late 19th century was notorious for using 'breaker boys'?
  20. Q20. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was a major turning point in which country's history of child labor?