Beginning
Samuel Slater's original workers were...
exclusively children, followed by women.
True or False There was little ventilation in factories.
TRUE
In 1820, ___% of mill workers in RI were children.
55%
Who was affected by the first law against child labor?
Children under the age of 15
The National Child Labor Committee was established in what year?
1904
Because children had worked on farms with their parents before.
What was the air thick with?
Lint
By 1831, ____% of all children employed in the American textile industry were working in RI mills.
75%
The law passed in 1839 stated that children under 15 were to receive what?
some level of education
In 1916 Congress passed a law to what?
Abolish child labor
True or False: The idea of children laboring in mills besides their parents was quite unusual.
FALSE
One might easily loose a ____, ____, or _____ to the fast moving machinery.
finger, hand, or foot
What did some parents fear would happen if they sent their children to school?
they would be fired
Why do you think education continued to be poor even after the law against child labor was passed?
sending children to school did not make money, so parents decided to have them work to support the family
Why did the supreme court deem the law to abolish child labor unconstitutional?
Because it violated the states' rights to control trade within their state.
What were children's hands suited for?
What often flew off mechanized looms?
wooden shuttles
Massachusetts passed the first law against child labor in _______.
1839
The 1839 law stated that a child under the age of 15 could not be employed unless they have attened a public or prive school how many onths out of 12?
3
What year was the Fair Labor Standards Act passed?
1938
Why do you think both children and women accepted lower wages than men?
They did not think they had the opportunity to earn more wages.
Why did children face particular danger in the mills?
Because they were running barefoot acress oil slick floors and crawling beneath running machines.
48%
Why do you tink Massachusetts passed the first law against child labor?
To try to help get children more education.
What did the Fair Labor Standards Act do?
Protected children from unfair labor practices by law.