![]() 1926 - The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is administered for the first time.This becomes common practice, leading to controversy when some adoptees are unable to determine the identity of their birth parents. 1917 - Minnesota becomes the first state to seal adoption records.The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 eventually regulates the practice at a federal level. 1904 - The National Child Labor Committee is founded to advocate against child labor, commissioning Lewis Hine as a photographer.A much greater number are working when family farms are included in the total. 1880 - An estimated 25% of children under 15 years are employed in manufacturing and other jobs.Set in the 1840s, it soon becomes a classic of American literature. ![]()
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