https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm Made with charm en-us 2019-04-02 17:07:00 UTC 2025-10-05 03:05:32 UTC hello@padlet.com 1042074 https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347736150 - It was a time period where there were very few laws about working conditions and hours
- They had harsh long hours of work, with few breaks
-Worked on high powered machinery with little experience so they faced many injuries
- Worked in mines with bad ventilation so they developed lung diseases
- They also became sick from fumes since they were always working with dangerous chemicals
- Children in coal mines worked from 4 am to 5 pm
- Some children would have to work all day pulling wagons full of coal through small tunnels.
- Boys would separate coal from rocks and break then apart
- Girls would work in farms and shuck oysters or make clothing]]> 2019-04-02 17:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347736150 1042074 https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347738566 Employers at factories or coal mines preferred to have younger children to work instead of grown adults since they knew that children were unable to read or write, so they would force them into signing contracts that they could not read. Many children were signing up for things that they probably did not want to do, and at such young ages they were put into labor work. Women would get payed about a dollar per week they work, but they had to leave their homes in the country side in order to move to the city to work everyday. Boys also developed black lung disease at a very young age due to always inhaling the fine coal dust. They also hired young boys since they had better health conditions]]> 2019-04-02 17:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347738566 1042074 https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347750323 - Many families had to make sure someone in their family earned money
- Just one member doing work and earning money was not enough financial support
- Families did not have the money to afford a proper education so they taught them how to work
- Children were under payed and put into hard labor work, but the families with low poverty still needed the money
- There was a high demand in labor
- Child labor began to rise during the late 1700's and early 1800's
- Child labor finally came to a stop when there were 2 acts of independence in 1922]]> 2019-04-02 17:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347750323 1042074 https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347754027 - They were passed in 1938
- The U.S congress passed two laws in 1918 and in 1922
- Supreme court declared them unconstitutional
- In 1924, the congress pointed out that in the Amendments, it says that child labor was not allowed
- The states did not ratify what the congress said
- In 1938 the congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act
- Children got sick very easily and worried their parents very easily
- Children often got many injuries and were stressed out and always tired from work]]> 2019-04-02 17:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347754027 1042074 https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347755178 - Federal law, was the main law regarding child labor, where children under 14 were unable to work, but children from 14-16 were able to work in agricultural jobs for limited hours
- 16-18 year olds were able to work unlimited hours, if the work was not too extreme
- regulations for agricultural jobs were less strict
- there were some exceptions to the law, if you were hired by your parents
- States all had different laws of child labor, but all usually had a minimum mage requirement
- When state laws differs with federal laws on child labor, the law with more rigorous rules apply.
- Individual states have a wide variety of age limits or regulations student had to follow]]> 2019-04-02 17:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1042074/ruf84ypd60gm/wish/347755178