Name___________________________________________Period__________________________Date______________________________
Child Labor Reform (Key)
Identify the important developments for each year.
1832
1876
1892
New England unions condemn
child labor
Labor movement urges
minimum age law
Democrats adopt union
recommendations
1881
1904
Newly formed AFL supports
state minimum age laws
National Child Labor
Committee forms
1842
1883
1916
States begin limiting children’s
work days
New York unions win state
reform
New federal law sanctions
state violators
1836
Early trade unions propose
state minimum age laws
First state child labor law
A Look at Legal Responsibilities and Child Labor Laws
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Name___________________________________________Period__________________________Date______________________________
Child Labor Reform
Identify the important developments for each year.
1924
1933
First attempt to gain federal
regulation fails
The National Recovery Act
was passed
1936
1937
Federal purchasing law
passes
Second attempt to gain
federal regulation fails
1937
New federal law sanctions
growers
1938
Federal regulation of child
labor achieved in Fair Labor
Standards Act
A Look at Legal Responsibilities and Child Labor Laws
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