-
Beginning of Child Labor Alexander Hamilton declares children who would be idle otherwise could begin working, to the economic benefit of the US
-
The Industrial Revolution starts, which also brings Child Labor. -
In 1870 more than 750,000 children were employed in factories or mines, with more being employed in farms and other places. (CP 3 Doc D) -
More than 20 children were killed in a fire at the Granite Mill in Fall River, they died through burning, suffocation, or jumping out. People were not concerned about the children's deaths, but were about what started the fire. -
in 1899, 28 states oversaw the use of child labor for factories, mills, and mines.
-
In 1904, the National Child Labor Committee launched, with its goal being to abolish Child Labor -
In 1914, when Europe was engaged in the first World War, president Wilson proclaimed the US would stay neutral, but when the Lusitania was sunk by Germany, the US entered the war. During the war, since even black men were involved in the conflict, the US had nothing but women and children to keep factories and mills and such open, so children were employed which boosted child labor further than it had already gone. -
In 1924, Congress prohibited Child Labor, but didn’t abolish it. In the same year, the proposition for the Fair Labor Standards act came, but wasn't put into effect until 1938. (CP 4 doc D)
-
Constitutional amendment passes, outlawing Child Labor
-
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal tried to remove child labor, and it was mostly successful, decreasing child labor by a huge margin. (cp 4 doc E)
