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"March of the mill children"
This historic March inspired thousands of people to support child labor laws. This march lead thousands of factory workers to march to the president for the support of child labor laws. -
The National Child Labor Committee
This group of reformers was a group that wanted to abolish child labor. The (NCLC) is an organization that's goal is to end child labor. -
The Bitter Cry of Children by John Spargo
This inspiring novel was written to explain the condition of child labor in factories and opened the eyes of Americans to the horrors of child labor. -
The proposal of Senator Beveridge
On this day in history, this proposal regulated child labor to support the children of the harsh, Gilded age. This proposal used the governments abilities to regulate interstate commerce to result in the regulation of child labor -
The Keating-Owens Act
On this day in history, the goal of this act was to regulate the population of children working in factories. -
Hammer vs. Dagenhart
On this day in history, this Supreme Court decision of 1918 include congress top lace child labor laws to restrict curtain rules. -
Bailey vs Drexel Furniture Company
On this day in history, this Supreme Court case stopped the progression of the child labor tax law, which collected the taxes of millions of uneducated, innocent families. Also this case ruled the child labor tax law as unconstitutional. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
On this day in history, this act created a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for poor families to live on.
