The Keating-Own Labor Act was passed in 1916 and helped to curb dangerous and intense child labor in industrial America. It was based on the allowance for Federal intervention on interstate commerce. It says that goods made by children under a certain age cannot be transported in between states, and since businesses rely so much on interstate commerce, they were forced to change their policies for the introduction of the act. It affected only children who worked in factories and mines, not children who worked in agriculture. The laws that were put into place with the Keating-Owen Act are still active and backed up by many state laws.
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