What Was the General Implication Taken from the U

question 47

Multiple Choice

What was the general implication taken from the U.S. Supreme Court's statement "as healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, the physical well-being of a woman becomes the object of public interest and care in order to preserve the strength and vigor of the race" in its decision in the 1908 case of Muller v. Oregon?

• A) Working women were given paid maternity leave for six weeks.
• B) Feminists who believed in total equality were satisfied with the Court's ruling.
• C) Working women and Progressive women developed a "blacklist" of businesses that did not support women's equality.
• D) Women won shorter working hours because the Court believed they were biologically inferior to men.

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Definitions:

Autonomic Nervous System

Part of the nervous system that controls involuntary bodily functions, such as heart rate, digestion, and respiratory rate.

Sympathetic

Relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that typically increases alertness, heart rate, and blood pressure in response to stress.

Parasympathetic

referring to the part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for conserving energy and slowing down the heart rate, among other functions.

Autonomic Nervous System

A component of the nervous system that regulates involuntary physiological processes including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and sexual arousal.