Who made up the female workforce, and what conditions did working women face?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Most working women were young and single.
2. As clerical work expanded, women learned new skills, such as typing and stenography.
3. A small number of women became ministers, lawyers, and doctors.
4. In most jobs, status and pay were divided unequally between men and women.
5. When employed in factories, women tended to occupy jobs that were viewed as natural
extensions of household activity.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Old history thinking typically includes
A. denying the importance of history B. emphasizing the zeitgeist C. historicist rather than presentist views D. origin myths
Analyze the process that occurred during the first quarter of the nineteenth century in which the electorate was expanded.
What will be an ideal response?
What does cultural relativism imply?
A. Cultures are not inherently superior or inferior. B. All cultures are capable of achieving higher stages of development. C. European culture is superior in comparison to others. D. Cultures should only be compared to other cultures rather than an absolute ideal.