... in factories and mines. In many factories and mines employees worked long hours for low wages while operating unsafe machinery. In 1883, forty percent of industrial workers lived below the poverty line, which was five hundred dollars per year. (Out of Many, 557) Progressives helped bring about state modification that required safety precautions in factories and allowed workers to collect money for ... long work hours deprived children of the opportunity of an education, which would prepare them for a better life. Child labor condemned an enormous amount of children to a future of illite...

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