Attempts by Congress to regulate child labor and factory conditions in local workplaces were struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional in the late nineteenth century because regulating local workplaces was
A)perceived to violate the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution.
B)perceived to violate the comity clause of the Constitution.
C)beyond the scope of interstate commerce at the time and was therefore perceived to be an unconstitutional exercise of power by the federal government.
D)perceived to violate the strongly held value of regulated federalism.

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During the late nineteenth century, the Supreme Court held that Congress did not have the power to regulate local workplaces because such regulation was beyond the scope of interstate commerce at the time. The Court's decisions on this matter often centered on the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, which only allowed Congress to regulate commerce between states, not commerce within states. As a result, Congress's attempts to regulate child labor and factory conditions were deemed unconstitutional, as they were perceived to be an unconstitutional exercise of federal power.

Attempts by Congress to Regulate Child Labor and Factory Conditions