What was a common role of working children in urban centers during the period of industrialization?
O A. They would help their parents operate small businesses and learn the family trade.
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B. They would go into small spaces of the machines in factories that adults could not reach.
O C. They were used to translate messages from their parents' managers into English.
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D. They would participate in a work-study program where they went to school and did paid labor.
The answer is B. A lot of the times, the children wouldn't be paid very much to do the labor so they weren't helping themselves or their parents. Plus, a child's small hands could reach into tight, and often dangerous spaces.
