Congress passed the Keating-Owen Act of 1916 because there were many concerns about children working for long periods. This law prohibited the cargo across state lines of goods made in manufacturing works which employed children under the age of 14, or children between 14 and 16 who worked more than eight hours a day, overnight, or more than six days/week. The background of this case is that children would work long hours in manufacturing works, mills, and manufacturing places of this kind. Public had concerns on the effects of this kind of work and hours on a child’s body. Also, some families depended on what their child made during the week. Some states passed laws forbidding child labor in the given state.
Roland H. Dagenhart brought the
Roland H. Dagenhart brought the