Question

Read the quote from President Wilson’s letter to the National Child Labor Committee.

“As the labor situation created by the war develops I am more interested than ever, if that were possible, in throwing all the safeguards possible around the labor of women and children.”

The “labor situation” Wilson refers to most likely concerned him because:
going to war meant US industry had to begin manufacturing military supplies.
women and children had to do the jobs of male workers who became soldiers.
no one was left to support families when men enlisted and went to war.
women and children had to replace striking factory workers.

Answer 1

women and children had to do the jobs of male workers who became soldiers.

Explanation: Wilson’s concern about the “labor situation created by the war” refers to men leaving for military service and women and children entering the workforce in their place, so he wanted safeguards to protect those vulnerable workers.