Child labor
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Updated: 1 Feb 2018
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Created byWilson Kierce
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1810: 2 million children across the United States are working 50-70 hours a week1802: The first law regulating child labor is passed. Numerous will follow1838: Oliver Twist is published1878: The series of laws regulating child labor ends(started in 1802)1899: 28 states have passed laws regulating child labor1918: The first law of 2 is passed, regulating child labor.
This law is the biggest law past to regulate child labor so far1922: The second law of 2 is passed.
But, both are repealed(including the law passed in 1918) because
they were declared 'unconstitutional'1924: Congress proposes a law to stop child labor, but the states do not ratify it1938: The FLSA is passed, the law that ended child labor
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