Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
True or false: During the Industrial Revolution, the law gave workers and children protection from long hours in dangerous places.
- ATrue
- BFalseRight answer
Answer: False
No law protected employees at that time. Children worked too and were treated like adults, sometimes even more harshly.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "A global power". Practice question 169 of 651, written in our own words.