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The March Of The Mill Children
The three week trek from Philadelphia to New York by striking child and adult textile workers launched July 7 1903 by mary jones,trained public attention on the scourge of child labor and engerizied efforts to end it by law(CL,4) -
National Child Labor
Committee is a private,non-profit organization in the United States that serves as a leading proponent for the national child labor reform movement.its mission is to promote "The rights awareness dignity well-being and education of children and youth" as they relate to work and working(CL,4) -
The Keating Owen Act
The Keating Owen Act child labor act,the first child labor bill,was signed by president Woodrow Wilson.The act regulated child labor by banning the sale of products made by companies that employed children under certain ages.(CL,5) -
Hammer v. Dagenhart 247 U.S 251
Hammer vs Dagenhart. The Supreme Court analyzed the consititutionality of federal law banning the shipment across state lines of goods made in factories which employed children under the age of fourteen.In a decision overstepped it consititutional power in attempting to regulated the production of goods(CL,5) -
The Revenue act of 1919
The revenue act of 1919 also called the child labor tax law was passed.It was an indirect act to abolish child labor.The act used the government power to give out taxes.It was found out to be unconstitutional through because the power of the government does not extend the power(CL,5) -
The Child Labor Amendment
The child labor amendment is a propose and still-pending admendment to the United States constitution that would specifically authorized congress to regulate "labor of persons under eighteen years of age".The amendment was proposed in 1924 following Supreme Court rulings in 1918 and 1922 that federal laws regulating and taxing goods produced by employees under the ages of fourteen and sixteen were unconstitutional(CL,5) -
Bailey V. Drexel furniture company
Bailey v. Drexel furniture company was united states Supreme Court case in which the court ruled the 1919 child labor tax law unconstitutional as an improper attempt by congress to penalize employers using child labor .The court indicated that the tax imposed by the statue was actually a penalty in disguise(CL,5) -
The Bitter Cry Of Children
The Bitter Cry Of Children is book by socialist writer John spargo,a muckraker in the progressive period published in 1906,it is an expose of the horrific working conditions of child labor(CL,5)
