Big business, although helping the nation prosper in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, came with a host of problems. Workers in cities suffered grueling conditions, long hours and little pay. These problems were amplified for youths, and throughout this period child labor remained an issue. The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act attempted to reform many of the hardships and tragedies faced by the young workforce, and restricted child labor to open up more jobs for men. The act in a way indirectly limited child labor. It prohibited the sale of goods produced in factories by children under 14 years old, and mines operated by children under 16 years of age. In addition it also prevented children under 16 from working more than 8 hours a day, or at night.
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