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Wilson's New Freedom Reforms:
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act for kids
President Woodrow
Wilson, like his predecessors Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft,
was a firm supporter of the
Progressive Movement and
Progressive reforms. His New Freedom polices included the
passing of the federal law known as the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act.
During the Progressive Era, public sentiment in America protested
against intolerable industrial child labor conditions and President
Wilson was determined to take action but was unable to regulate
hours and working conditions for child labor within individual
states.
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act: Background History for kids
The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
was the first federal law that attempted to regulate child labor by
banning the product of that labor from interstate commerce.. The
history and causes of child labor in America together with together
with the Types of Jobs undertaken by children and the wages paid and
hours they worked are fully detailed in our article on
Child Labor.
Who sponsored the
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act?
The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
was sponsored and named for the progressive Representative Edward
Keating from Colorado and Senator Robert Latham Owen from Oklahoma.
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act for kids: Interstate Commerce
To get the bill through Keating and Owen used the
constitutional clause giving Congress the task of regulating
interstate commerce.
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act for kids: Why was the amendment to the law passed?
Before the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
was passed thirty-six states had banned the industrial employment of
children under 14 years old, and eighteen of these states had also
limited the working hours of children aged fourteen to sixteen. The
federal law was needed to force states that lacked industrial child
labor laws to also regulate the employment of labor. Many states in
the South were reluctant to pass such laws as competitive economic
advantages would be lost.
Purpose of the
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
The purpose of the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
was to restrict and limit the number of hours worked by children in
the factories and mines. The law did not apply to children who
worked on farms. The Keating-Owen Child Labor bill:
● Prohibited the sale in
interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed
children under 14 years old
● Prohibited the sale in
interstate commerce of goods produced in mines that employed
children younger than 16 years old
● Prohibited the sale in
interstate commerce of goods produced in any facility where
children under 16 years old worked at night or more than 8 hours
per day
● Gave the authority to
impose fines on factories that violated the law
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act declared Unconstitutional
The bill was vigorously
opposed by textile manufacturers in the south. The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the
Hammer v. Dagenhart case on the grounds that child labor was not
interstate commerce and therefore only states could regulate it.
Significance of the
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
The significance of the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
was that it began a new program of federal regulation in
industry.
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
for kids
The info about the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act provides interesting facts and
important information about this important law that
was passed during the presidency of the 28th President of the United States of America.
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act for kids - President Woodrow Wilson Video
The article on the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act provides detailed facts and a summary of one of the important
progressive reforms and federal laws passed during his presidential term in office. The following
Woodrow Wilson video will
give you additional important facts and dates about the political events experienced by the 28th American President whose presidency spanned from March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1921.
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