The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, passed in 1916, prevented manufacturers from trading products children under sixteen had been permitted to work on within 30 days prior to trading the item. Manufacturers found guilty of violating this law would be liable to pay fines and/or serve up to three years in prison.
This act was eventually repealed in 1918 by the supreme court's ruling on Hammer vs. Dagenhart, which stated that the law exceeded the government's right to regulate commerce.
This act was eventually repealed in 1918 by the supreme court's ruling on Hammer vs. Dagenhart, which stated that the law exceeded the government's right to regulate commerce.
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| The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regulated child labor among other ways of protecting workers. |
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