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2 million kids were working in mines/ Factories

Kids worked hard long hours for little pay

Didn’t go to school

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Back then child labor was a larger problem than today as many laws were put in place to stop child labor. Though some companies still hire young people to work for their companies even though it’s illegal, nowadays the punishment is much greater and is in the hands of the judge.

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Greeneville TN a manufacturing company illegally imployd children.

Manchester NH hired 17 year olds to drive by deliveries in a short time which was against the child labor laws.

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Bureau of International Child labor

The U.S Department of labor enforces labor laws counting Child labor.

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The reformers then had a greater impact on the topic as they stopped child labor whereas now they just try to make the laws that are already in place better.

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The NCLC worked to to expose working conditions of young worker

Lewis Hine went into factories and took pictures of the horrible conditions

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The FLSA authorized assessment of CMP’s under 2 provisions, permitting penalties on a per-child basis up to $15,138 for child labor violations.

Certain jobs are only for people 18 and up

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The the acts where creating age limits for labor where which is also similar to what the did currently as they set different age limits for different jobs depending on the danger it might have on a kid.

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banned the sale of products from any factory, shop, or cannery that employed children under the age of 14, from any mine that employed children under the age of 16, and from any facility that had children under the age of 16 work at night or for more than eight hours during the day.

the Revenue Act of 1919 took an indirect route to regulate child labor, this time by using the government's power to levy taxes.