Child Labor In The U.S. By rtsmith Period: Jan 1, 1840 to Jan 1, 1938 Child Labor in The U.S. Apr 18, 1840 Immigrants arrive in America and put their children to work to survive Apr 18, 1842 Massachusetts only permits children to work 10 hours a day Doesnt help much Apr 18, 1899 About 44 states had child labor laws passed but had too many loopholes Apr 18, 1900 18% of Workers are under 16 years old Apr 21, 1904 NCLC tries to get children to stop working and attend schools Apr 21, 1908 Muller vs. Oregon case reaches the Supreme Court Apr 21, 1915 Laws passed to ban Child Labor, but it didnt work Apr 21, 1916 Congress Passes the Keating Owen Act, banning sale of products made by children. Apr 21, 1918 Congress passes more child labor laws to the Supreme Court but are declined. Apr 21, 1936 Walsh Healey Act puts ground rules for amount of time and age for working Apr 21, 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act is created to establish minimum wage