Child Labor In The 1800s And Early 1900's

In the early 1800’s and early 1900’s child labor played a huge role in America, and has vastly impacted our society in many ways. The people and the Government sought to look deeper into the dirt that was being done to these young children in the work industry. America had to come together and look at the overview of child labor. There were many positive and negative effects that came into place when child labor was declared unconstitutional as a whole. Although children had been overpowered and used as servants throughout history At the time child labor was mainly looked at as a positive movement because of what children were capable of doing. Children often worked crucial hours in dangerous work conditions for the wrong price. This was mainly looked upon as a positive movement because of the fact that children were capable of doing what adults were doing such as, maneuvering into tight spaces. Gaining power over children were much easier rather than being able to raise authority over an adult. Child laborers often worked these long crucial hours to support and care for their loved ones, but sadly this lead to the loss of their personal education. At the time going to work was more important than going to school, Until many people started to analyze how wrong this was. …show more content…
Determined people tried their best to get rid of child labor has been an act of social reform in the United States since the 1900s. National Child Labor Committees lead it and in 1904 the committee was organized. 1902 to 1915, child labor committees stress reform through the legislative branch. During this time many laws restricting child labors have been passed as apart of the progressive movement, but there were many states like the south that remained iffy about the passing of child labor acts. Later in 1916 they were declared