child+labor+laws_JSJ

=Child Labor Laws=


 * Children work on family farms, mines and factories.
 * it was very dangerous for children to work in mines and factories.
 * In mines "breaker boys" picked slag out of coal.
 * The boys were payed 60 cents for a 10-hour day.
 * after working in factories the boys hands were left crippled and their backs were bent permanently.
 * noticing how dangerous this was, states passed a law that children could only work a certain amount of hours.