Child labor/workplace Safety by SADIE KALINA https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750 Made with swagger en-us 2018-04-24 16:00:57 UTC 2019-06-10 16:35:03 UTC hello@padlet.com What was child labor workplace safety hoping to accomplish? sadiekalina2025 https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365627439 Nineteenth century reformers tried to restrict child labor and improve working conditions. The National Child Labor Committee organized during 1904 wanted to, "promote the rights, awareness, dignity, well-being and education of children and youth as they relate to work and working."]]> 2019-06-04 16:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365627439 Who opposed the movement of child labor and job safety and why? gabriellebrand2025 https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365627924 Some people who liked child labor and kept it for a while was the supreme court. They declared the law unconstitutional. Congress passed an amendment in 1924, but the conservative political climate of the 1920s, together with opposition from some church groups and farm organizations were scared of a possible increase of federal power in areas related to children, prevented many states from ratifying it. 


]]> 2019-06-04 16:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365627924 What types of actions did people take to try and accomplish child labor law's goals? annalisebialek2025 https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365628671 In the 1800s, people with little skill didn't get paid much. That means that children had to start working in order to support their families, and really, to survive. Some girls stayed at home and helped their mothers sew. ]]> 2019-06-04 16:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365628671 Who was workplace safety trying to help? annalisebialek2025 https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365631324 While child labor may have helped families with financial struggles, they didn't always seem so safe. Sadie Frowne, a 15 year old girl, worked at a garment factory. In the Call to Freedom textbook, on page 615, it says, "'The machines go like mad all day, because the faster you work the more money you get,' she explained. 'Sometimes in my haste I get my finger caught and the needle goes right through it.'" Safety wasn't an issue many people were concerned about.]]> 2019-06-04 16:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365631324 What was the reason why child labor and workplace safety laws started? sadiekalina2025 https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365632371 This movement started because the National Child Labor Committee realized that children were working in poor conditions, that they weren't getting an education, and that they weren't getting enough money. ]]> 2019-06-04 16:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365632371 Who did child labor laws try to help? annalisebialek2025 https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365635325 Children would work in mines, factories, and even sold newspapers and shined shoes in the street. ]]> 2019-06-04 16:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365635325 annalisebialek2025 https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365636828 Children working in a textile factory. ]]> 2019-06-04 16:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365636828 Who were the leaders of child labor and job safety. gabriellebrand2025 https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365675450 Most leaders that of child labor and job safety are industry owners. People that needed the jobs thought that the adults should do it. But the owners of the industries think that kids would cooperate more with the jobs that they needed to do.]]> 2019-06-04 18:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sadiekalina2025/nvo2vv2bn750/wish/365675450