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On Strike
On this day in history "Mary Harris Jones went to support a strike by 75,000 workers and 10,000 of the strikers were children (CLS5).
This is important because it with all these people marching for one thing to stop people she know how important it is that they listen and try to do something. -
Let's Stop It
On this day in history a group of reformers founded the national child labor commite which is an organization whose goal was to abolish child labor. This is important because this one group goal was to just abolish child labor. -
The Book
On this day in history muckraker John Spargo wrote the bitter cry of children exposing the condition of child labor in the country his book was one of the most read.
This is so important because it tells people about the hash condition and since it it one of the most read book ever it can spread through out. -
Then Presdient
On this day in history Presdient Wilson ran a campaign of a "new freedom" free from the power of big business.
This is important because since this is the Presdient who is not exactly with one of the citation that is going on many people will acutally listen. -
The Act
On this day in history congress finally passed the Keating Owen act that established standards that there must be a minimum age of 14 to work in manafacturing "and ages 16 for mining. This is important because they are letting little children under the age of atleast 13 have a life where they don't really work. -
I Want All Of It
Although the Keating Owen act was passed the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional because it over stepped the government powers to regulate. This is important because it shows that the government just wanted all of the power to them selfs. -
Finally
On this day in history " The number of child labor was cut to nearly half of what it had been in 1910" (CLS5). This is important because finally some of the children are done doing harsh jobs at a young age making it very important -
We're not with it
On this day in history congress adopts amendment barring child labor that sends the amedement to be ratified. At the end not enough states ratify the amedement to be a law.
This is important because it shows that not enough groups were with stoping child labor -
Finally it's over
On this day in history the fair labored act prohibited child labor and established a minimum age. This is important because now children are not doing harsh jobs and money is good because they can't get below a certain amount of money