question archive The national minimum-wage in the United States was first imposed in 1938 (by the Fair Labor Standards Act) chiefly because 1)owners of textile mills in the northeastern part of the country pressured ("lobbied") Congress to impose a national minimum-wage 2)poorly paid workers throughout the country (but especially in the south) pleaded with Congress to impose a national minimum-wage 3)many people in Congress believed that inflation would result, and that inflation would finally rescue the U
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The national minimum-wage in the United States was first imposed in 1938 (by the Fair Labor Standards Act) chiefly because
1)owners of textile mills in the northeastern part of the country pressured ("lobbied") Congress to impose a national minimum-wage
2)poorly paid workers throughout the country (but especially in the south) pleaded with Congress to impose a national minimum-wage
3)many people in Congress believed that inflation would result, and that inflation would finally rescue the U.S. economy from grips of the Great Depression the U.S.
4)government was required to do so by the League of Nations
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in 1938, the united states congress created a fair labor standard act in the 29 u.s.c subsection 203. this was a right to minimum wages and time and half overtime pay for people that worked more than 40 hours a week. this was done because owners of textile mills in the northeastern part of the country pressured the government. (1)