Question

What circumstances during the early days of industrialization led to a need for reform? Check all that apply. Factory equipment was dangerous to operate. There were too few capable workers to fill positions. There was little government regulation of workplaces. A typical work shift might be twelve to sixteen hours long. It was very expensive to keep factories running.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: 
- There was little government regulation of workplaces. (which cause many companies to create unfair working condition for the workers)
- A typical work shift might be twelve to sixteen hours long. (without any compensation(
- Factory equipment was dangerous to operate. (that resulted in many of worker's injuries/deaths)

Answer 2

Industrialization brought the emergence of labor movements and trade unions due to the fact that the working conditions in factories were very bad, and even sometimes were a threat to the life of the workers. Some of the issues mentioned in the question refer to conditions that were changed subsequently after the complaints posed by the labor movements. These issues are the following:

• Factory equipment was dangerous to operate
• A typical work shift might be 12 to 16 hours long.
• There was little goverment regulation of workplaces.

The other two are not applicable as actually, workers were capable of doing the jobs because in the early industrialization era most of the job positions required unskilled workers. Most people arrived from the countryside to fill those job positions as there was no room for more workers in the agricultural sectors. Moreover, the new production system was cheaper than the prior system in which good were craftly manufactured.