The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act was imposed in 1916 and it limited long working hours of children and the interstate selling of goods produced through child labor. People began to realize the terrible effects of harsh conditions and the long working hours the children had to endure because of the muckrakers. The muckrakers, such as Lewis Hine, who were able to raise awareness about all of the child labor conditions. Examples of child labor is children under the age of 16 working in a mine or overnight or any children under the age of 14 working anywhere that produces goods. The act stated the children were not aloud to work more then 8 hours and day and 6 days a week. It was originally passed under Woodrow Wilson but was later made unconstitutional.
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