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Answer: The reason for child labor laws
Explanation: What these two are attempting is extremely dangerous. If the machine was activated, they could easily been drawn into the mechanism and injured, if not killed.
The company probably saved a few pennies by employing the children, but could have put them at an increased risk for injury. The scene depicted here was far from unusual for the times as companies would do anything to save money. Without regulations, these practices were commonplace in that day and age.
The picture with the Native American children standing in front of a school shows a major change in the policy toward the Native Americans. Initially, the Native Americans were discriminated against on pretty much all levels. They were seen as wild and uncivilized, so the white settlers were usually forcefully loving them to live into regions far away from them and not allowing them to integrate with them.
This started to change gradually though as the policies were changing against discrimination of the people, and when the stability of the country and its development came to be the most important things. The government of the United States that it would be for the best interest of the country and the Native American population if the Native American children got involved into the education system. By being educated, the children would be able to integrate into the American society, as well as develop skills so that they can compete on the labor market and be able to contribute to the American economy, as well as prosper on individual level.
This process was gradual, but it was effective, and it managed to successfully integrate the Native American population with the other people.
