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What was the effect of labor reform movements in the early 1800s?
Unions immediately won better working conditions.
Child labor was banned, but long workdays continued for older workers.
Reformers gradually won better working conditions, but change was slow.
Meaningful legislation addressing labor reform was not passed until the 1940s.
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Reformers gradually won better working conditions, but change was slow.
Labor movements in the early 1800s achieved some gains (strikes for a 10‑hour day, legal recognition of unions in cases like Commonwealth v. Hunt, and state-level limits on child and women’s labor), but improvements were incremental, uneven, and took decades to become widespread.
Labor movements in the early 1800s achieved some gains (strikes for a 10‑hour day, legal recognition of unions in cases like Commonwealth v. Hunt, and state-level limits on child and women’s labor), but improvements were incremental, uneven, and took decades to become widespread.
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