Read the excerpt from “The Industrial Revolution in the United States.”

The Industrial Revolution changed the very nature of daily work for millions of Americans. Previously, they might have worked for themselves at home, in a small shop, or outdoors. They crafted raw materials into products or grew a crop from seed to table. However, when they took factory jobs, they went to work for a large company.

Question
Adam wants to describe the ways that children were expected to help their families before the Industrial Revolution.

Which quotation from “Where Do You Work? When Kids Had Adult Jobs” could best be integrated with the information from “The Industrial Revolution in the United States” to achieve this?

Responses

“Boys from the ages of 10 to 14 often became apprentices. They worked under the care and direction of master craftsmen.”
“Boys from the ages of 10 to 14 often became apprentices. They worked under the care and direction of master craftsmen.”

“Those in apprenticeships not only learned a trade from their masters, they were also taught basic arithmetic and how to read and write.”
“Those in apprenticeships not only learned a trade from their masters, they were also taught basic arithmetic and how to read and write.”

“In colonial times, children often worked alongside their parents.”
“In colonial times, children often worked alongside their parents.”

“Girls worked with their mothers cooking, sewing, gardening, and milking cows. Boys worked on their fathers’ farms or in their shops.”
“Girls worked with their mothers cooking, sewing, gardening, and milking cows. Boys worked on their fathers’ farms or in their shops.”