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People resolved that children shouldn't work from morning till night.
Many people decided to give the children an opportunity to go to school -
Children's work days were limited by federal laws.
The law that limits the amount of hours of work days for children. -
The NCLC got organized during the gilded age.
These people tried to stop child labor from happening. -
Most children began to make a strike against labor
The laborers decided to get their freedom the hard way. -
Lewis Hine decided to take photos of children that we're negatively impacted by labor.
As a photographer, Lewis wanted the world to see what child labor really did to those kids. -
In 1911 Lewis Hine took photos of children that were negatively effected by labor
Lewis wanted the world to see what child labor really did to those innocent children -
The triangle shirtwaist factory caught fire.
This happened because the conditions that the children were working in was too dangerous -
Lewis Hine photographed children that were physically damaged by labor.
Lewis wanted the people of the gilded age to see the truth about child labor. -
In 1916, the Keating Owens Act( KOA) was passed
The government created an act that would save the lives of children in labor. -
The Keating Owens Act was passed.
The government finally made an act that would stop the abuse of children. -
Child labor was decreased by more than 50% of its population of laborers
Because of the laws and acts that were created, many of the children's lives were saved. -
Child labor was decreased by more than 50%
The population of laborers was finally decreased because of the acts and laws that the government created. -
Child Labor is now abolished.
Congress made an amendment that prohibited child labor. -
State and federal laws were created
The laws that were created will save those children's lives