CHILD LABOR
The correct answer is “child labor.”
Progressives in North Carolina made significant progress on a number of issues during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These included education, roads, and women's clubs. However, they made little progress in addressing the issue of child labor.
Child labor was a widespread problem in North Carolina and other parts of the United States during this time period. Children were often employed in factories, mines, and other hazardous industries, where they worked long hours for low wages and were subjected to dangerous and unhealthy working conditions. Progressives in North Carolina and other states attempted to address this issue by advocating for laws that would regulate or ban child labor, but these efforts were largely unsuccessful.
It was not until the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that the federal government began to take serious action to address the problem of child labor in the United States. This law established minimum wages and maximum hours for workers, and it prohibited the employment of children under the age of 16 in certain hazardous industries.
