I wrote this essay for my Economics class, does it sound okay? Read easily? Anything i should change??

What is Child Labor?

"Child Labor is defined as...including employment below the minimum age as established in national legislation, hazardous unpaid household services, and the worst forms of child labor: all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale or trafficking of children debt bondage and serfdom, or forced or compulsory labor; the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or pornographic purposes; the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities; and work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children."

It's important to recognize that these forms of labor have always existed, but their reality was overlooked for many years. Child labor began to increase in the United States in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The Industrial Revolution forced families to work or they would perish. Immigrants from Europe arrived with existing knowledge of hard work. They brought with them views that children should work. Families migrated from rural areas to newly industrialized cities. The topic of children's education became unimportant to the public. The problem of child labor is not as acute as it once was in the United States, but it continues to affect millions of children worldwide. World Labor Organization statistics indicate that there are approximately 73 million children between the ages of 10 and 14 who work in economic activities worldwide, and 218 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 who work. The figures don't even touch the domestic labor market. It took many years for child labor to be outlawed in the United States. Children were no longer employed in 28 states as of 1899. There were several attempts to pass a national child labor law. In 1918 and 1922, the U.S. Congress passed two laws, but both were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Congress proposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting child labor in 1924, but the states did not ratify it. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed by Congress in 1938. Child labor laws in the United States include various laws and edicts regulating child labor laws. Children who received limited education were unable to get into adequate jobs as adults. Most jobs that children got, like working in mines and factories, had risky conditions. In these facilities, they were exposed to hazardous machinery. And those in the mining field were constantly dealing with explosives. Moreover, the children's responsibilities were characterized by long hours and low earnings, which meant they were unable to do what they wanted. We gain a great deal of useful information from this period in time about what the children were exposed to. Still, individual laws govern child labor in each state. In a situation where federal and state standards differ, youth workers will be protected by the rules that offer them the most protection. Both federal and state laws must be followed by employers. "The FLSA "covers" or applies to all employees of certain enterprises. All employees of an enterprise, as defined by the FLSA, are covered regardless of the duties they perform. An important factor in determining coverage is interstate commerce, the generation of income over state lines by various means. If an employer engages in interstate commerce of any kind, its employees are covered by the FLSA and child labor laws in its state. If an employee is not an employee of one of these enterprises, he or she may still be covered if the employee's duties meet certain interstate commerce requirements. In addition, if a business generates an income of $500,000 per year, it is subject to federal labor laws."