What Ultimately Resulted in a Decline in Child Labor

question 28

Multiple Choice

What ultimately resulted in a decline in child labor?

• A) mandatory school attendance
• B) legislation by the Progressive era Congress
• C) the decreasing population of young children
• D) lower wages paid to children

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Definitions:

Sensory Nervous System

The part of the nervous system that processes input from sensory organs, enabling the perception of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.

Somatic Nervous System

The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body’s skeletal muscles. Also called the skeletal nervous system.

Parasympathetic Nervous

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for conserving energy and promoting restful states by slowing the heart rate and increasing intestinal and gland activity.

Sympathetic Nervous

The part of the autonomic nervous system that activates the body's stress response, commonly known as the "fight or flight" system.