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Dangerous working conditions with low wages and 12 hour long shifts.
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Many of these children are forced to work at young ages due to many family factors such as unemployment, a large number of family members, poverty, and lack of parental education.
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Living conditions for poor workers were unsanitary and sometimes hazardous to the health of those who lived there.
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Segregation was prevalent and Jim Crow laws went against the goals of the 14th and 15th Amendments.
