In both Britain and the United States, what happened in the 1870s that limited child labor?

In the 1870s, compulsory education and school-attendance laws spread in Britain and the United States. Requiring children to attend school limited the time they could spend working, even though these laws did not simply ban all work by children under 14. The correct choice is “Compulsory education and attendance laws were passed in both countries.”

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