Question

question 8
1 pts
in 1908 the u.s. supreme courts ruling in muller v. oregon upholding an oregon law was an example of progressivism because
it provided special protection to women by limiting the number of hours women could work in a day to ten
it provided special protection to children by limiting the number of hours children could work in a day to eight.
it provided special protection to minorities by upholding strict laws against discrimination in the workplace.
it protected democracy by providing residents of oregon the opportunity to directly elect their senators.
question 9
1 pts
why did employment opportunities for women increase in the early 1900s
the womens rights movement made significant strides against sexual discrimination in the workplace.
employers in retail believed women held character traits like honesty and submissiveness making them ideal employees.
women gained the right to vote, so employers took them more serious.
employers believed womens work on the farm made them ideal manual laborers in industry.

Explanation:

For Question 8:

• The Muller v. Oregon case specifically dealt with women's working hours. The Oregon law limited women's workday to ten hours, and the Supreme Court upheld it as a form of special protection for women (based on the idea of women's physical and social roles at the time, which was a Progressive - era concern for social welfare).
• The other options are incorrect. The case was not about children (Option 2), minorities (Option 3), or direct election of Senators (Option 4, which was related to the 17th Amendment, not Muller v. Oregon).

For Question 9:

• In the early 1900s, employers in retail (and some other sectors) saw women as having traits like honesty and submissiveness (a gender - based stereotype of the time) that made them "ideal" employees for certain new - emerging retail and clerical jobs.
• The women's rights movement against workplace discrimination was more prominent later (Option 1). Women gained the right to vote in 1920 (Option 3, after the early 1900s in the question). The idea that farm work made women ideal for industrial manual labor is not a main reason for the increase in women's employment opportunities in the early 1900s (Option 4).

Answer:

Question 8: it provided special protection to women by limiting the number of hours women could work in a day to ten.
Question 9: Employers in retail believed women held character traits like honesty and submissiveness making them ideal employees.