The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was a major turning point in which country's history of child labor?
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Correct answer: The United States
Part of the New Deal, this act established the first federal minimum wage and prohibited 'oppressive child labor' in the United States. It effectively ended most forms of industrial child labor in America.
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