Child Labor Amendment in the 1930s

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Uploaded by on Jul 25, 2007

A constitutional amendment allowing the federal government to regulate child labor was introduced in the 1920s and appeared likely to pass, as this video shows. It ultimately did not pass. But changed Supreme Court attitudes allowing Congress to regulate economic affairs made the amendment redundant. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 included child labor regulations.

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