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This 3 page paper discusses the child labor act of 1916 and the effect that this law had on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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policies that expanded the role and power of government to protect the interests and well being of its citizens. One of these policies would be the Child Labor Act of
1916. There was a price to pay for the industrial progress of this era. Unfortunately, those who shouldered the largest burden of the cost were the disenfranchised farmers, who
innocently thinking they would better their way of living, moved in droves to the cities. However, the internal conditions of the cities, in the form of slums, were appalling to
say the least. Many have speculated that if it were not for some social and economic reforms that came at that time (called the Progressive Movement) that there may very
well have been some sort of internal revolt by the working poor(American Culture). There was nothing progressive about the way in which women and children were treated, prior to the
passage of the child labor law. Children, as well as women, were viewed as objects and property. Quite often children were expected to work extremely long hours either in the
field or in the citys factories. Conditions inside the factories were atrocious, to say the least. Prior to Wilsons election the progressive efforts of reformers, mainly social organizations and various
unions had become large and powerful. In fact, Wilson ran on a progressive platform and so it would only seem natural that he would support many of the reformers proposals.
Wilson managed to get the act through Congress, but it was hard won. However, the Supreme Court would rule that the act was unconstitutional just two years later(Soifer 12). Senator
Albert Beveridge was the one that proposed the bill several years before, in 1906, which "banned the sale of products from any factory, shop, or cannery that employed children under
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