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When the law was first created in 1938, under President Roosevelt, it was one step in

trying to address the issue of child labor (which was then not illegal, and was very

common in some factories and mills, especially in the deep south). It was intended to

protect the health and safety of young people: it encouraged them to stay in school, and began making certain kinds of work illegal, based on the age of the young worker.

In order to keep it relevant to current circumstances, the Act has been amended several times over the years (including a 1996 modification under President Clinton), as attitudes about the proper age for young people to leave school and/or go to work have changed.

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