▁am end ment ▁process ▁and ▁from ▁abol ition ▁or ▁inter ference ▁by ▁Congress . ▁This ▁proposal ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁measures ▁considered ▁by ▁Congress ▁in ▁an ▁ultimately ▁un success ful ▁attempt ▁to ▁attract ▁the ▁se ced ing ▁states ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁Union ▁and ▁to ▁ent ice ▁border ▁slave ▁states ▁to ▁stay . ▁Five ▁states ▁rat ified ▁the ▁am end ment ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 6 0 s , ▁but ▁none ▁have ▁since . ▁To ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁today , ▁rat ification ▁by ▁an ▁additional ▁ 3 3 ▁states ▁would ▁be ▁required . ▁The ▁subject ▁of ▁this ▁proposal ▁was ▁subsequently ▁addressed ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 5 ▁Th ir teenth ▁Am end ment , ▁which ▁abol ished ▁sla very . ▁ ▁The ▁Child ▁Labor ▁Am end ment ▁( pro posed ▁ 1 9 2 4 ) ▁would , ▁if ▁rat ified , ▁specifically ▁author ize ▁Congress ▁to ▁limit , ▁reg ulate ▁and ▁prohib it ▁labor ▁of ▁persons ▁less ▁than ▁eigh teen ▁years ▁of ▁age . ▁The ▁am end ment ▁was ▁proposed ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁r ul ings ▁in ▁Ham mer ▁v . ▁D agen hart ▁( 1 9 1 8 ) ▁and ▁Ba iley ▁v . ▁Dre x el ▁F urn iture ▁Co . ▁( 1 9 2 2 ) ▁that ▁found ▁federal ▁laws ▁reg ulating ▁and ▁tax ing ▁goods ▁produced ▁by ▁employees ▁under ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 1 4 ▁and ▁ 1 6 ▁un const itution al . ▁When ▁submitted ▁to ▁the ▁states , ▁rat ification