Child Labor In America

Child labor in America has been a horrible thing. In the colonial period, and into the 1800's parents and guardians required children to work.Also, most of the population during that time worked in agriculture and children gradually moved into tasks demanding more strength and skills as they aged. Did you know, "The Fair Labor Standards Act" of the year 1938 instituted the first nation-wide restrictions on the use of child labor. In other words, in the year 1938 they made child labor illegal.Child labor was widespread in agriculture and in industry in the United States economy up until the early twentieth century but largely disappeared by the 1930's.

By: Emily B.