1916
Summary:
The Keating-Own Child Labor Act was passed by Congress in 1916 as a way for the government to regulate both child labor and interstate commerce. This Act banned the sale of any goods or products from a facility that employed children. At first this law was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, as it was thought to overstep the boundaries that the government had set regarding regulation of interstate commerce. The campaign for the ratification of a Child Labor Law Amendment was momentarily stalled by those who opposed it, using the opinions of states' rightists and the idea that this act was a communist-inspired plot. It was not until 1938 that the Anti-Child labor movement was victorious with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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