Question

question 7 of 10
in 1916, the supreme court ruled that it was constitutional to:
a. limit hours worked by women.
b. limit child labor.
c. require a higher rate of pay after eight hours of work per day.
d. require that workers injured on the job be paid for work they missed.

Explanation:

In 1916, the Supreme Court in Bunting v. Oregon (related to labor laws but not the main focus here) and more directly, the Keating - Owen Child Labor Act (though later parts of it were challenged, the initial ruling in 1916 was about regulating child labor). The Supreme Court in 1916 (in the context of early 20th - century labor regulation cases) ruled that limiting child labor was constitutional under the Commerce Clause (as it affected interstate commerce, e.g., goods produced by child labor).

• Option A: The case Muller v. Oregon (1908) was more about limiting women's working hours on the basis of "special care" for women's health (a different legal reasoning than the 1916 case in question).
• Option C: The concept of overtime pay (higher rate after a certain number of hours) became more prominent later, and there was no 1916 Supreme Court ruling specifically on this as the main issue.
• Option D: Workers' compensation (pay for injured workers) was a developing area in the early 20th century, but the 1916 Supreme Court ruling was not centered around this.

Answer:

B. Limit child labor.