The main purpose of this goal was to limit the working hours of children. It was said that there were nearly 2 million children working for child labor in the 1900s. The people soon began to realize that it was detrimental to the health and security of these children. An example of this was in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Woodrow Wilson put the Keating-Owen Labor Act into play as the first child labor bill. it banned the sale from any company that practiced child labor (children 16 and under). However, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional as it 'overstepped the purpose of the governments powers.' After this act failed another was set up. It was ultimately considered unconstitutional as well. Later on, there was a proposal for a child labor amendment to be set up which would regulate it. Although it took awhile, eventually the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed and still stands today in support of children in the workforce.
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