The Child Labor Amendment<span> is a proposed and still-pending amendment to the </span>United States Constitution<span> that would specifically authorize </span>Congress<span> to regulate "labor of persons under eighteen years of age". The amendment was proposed in 1924 following </span>Supreme Court<span> rulings in 1918 and 1922 that federal laws regulating and taxing goods produced by employees under the ages of 14 and 16 were unconstitutional.</span>
They closed the Mississippi River to all American commerce in 1784. This made it difficult for American farmers to get their goods to international markets. Spain would eventually allow Americans to use the river, but placed a tariff for the privilege. <span />
