question archive The national minimum-wage in the United States was first imposed in 1938 (by the Fair Labor Standards Act) chiefly because -owners of textile mills in the northeastern part of the country pressured ("lobbied") Congress to impose a national minimum-wage -poorly paid workers throughout the country (but especially in the south) pleaded with Congress to impose a national minimum-wage -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
-owners of textile mills in the northeastern part of the country pressured ("lobbied") Congress to impose a national minimum-wage
-poorly paid workers throughout the country (but especially in the south) pleaded with Congress to impose a national minimum-wage
-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.
-government was required to do so by the League of Nations