Child Labor Reforms During The Industrial Revolution

Despite achieving equality for women, children were still forced into dangerous work conditions with little pay. Child labor reforms became important after the new extreme child labor reached during the Industrial Revolution. Children began working at a very young age to help support their families. Most children were forced into this and did not have the opportunity to receive an education. These reforms were at a state level meaning each state passed their own form of regulations. This is a proper level of intervention because creating these regulations improved labor standards. In 1938, Fair labor Standards Act was passed which provided laws regulating the maximum hours allowed to work and age requirement. As a result of the age requirement,

children were able to receive an education. Although the purpose of reforms were to make America a better place, some reforms had too much government intervention and hurt the country.
A Federal reform that damaged the country was the 18th amendment. Although the intention was to prevent women from being abused by their intoxicated husbands and transition the amount of money being spent on alcohol to being used on necessary family items, it did not turn out this way. Society still found a way to drink which hurt the economy because they were not making a profit from alcohol sales. Nonetheless money was still being spent on alcohol rather than necessities. The government later realized the damage caused by their intervention and repealed it in 1933. Unfortunately the results of this amendment did turn out they way it was intended.