2006-10-09 15:45:14 · 3 answers · asked by natasha f 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
child labor and long working hours forced the government to stop them
2006-10-09 15:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Federal Government was forced to intervene in business and create laws to protect the workers: wages, contracts, unions, hours... and restrict the actions of business.
Take a single example: The Pullman Strikes of 1894. This leads to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and the Norris-La Guardia Act...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Strike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Anti-Trust_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris-LaGuardia_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_federal_labor_legislation
2006-10-09 23:31:53 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abuses? Sounds like a liberally slanted question. Yes, there were "abuses," but there were other things that the Feds did that had nothing to do with anything the companies were doing wrong.
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2006-10-09 22:48:01 · answer #3 · answered by FozzieBear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋