The Mines Act of 1842 Prohibited Underground Work for All

question 22

Multiple Choice

The Mines Act of 1842 prohibited underground work for all women because of concerns about which of the following?

• A) The extremely hard physical labor demanded of the work
• B) The sexual morality of the miners
• C) The danger to the health of the fetus in pregnant female miners
• D) The low rates of pay for women as compared to men

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Definitions:

Phantom Pain

The experience of pain in a missing limb or other body part.

Olfactory Information

Data related to the sense of smell, crucial for many animals in communication, food selection, and detection of hazards.

Olfactory Bulb

A brain structure involved in the sense of smell, processing odors and sending information to other parts of the brain.

Olfactory Receptors

Specialized nerve cells responsible for detecting odors in the environment and transmitting information about them to the brain.