Government involvement in family life increased in the nineteenth century in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

A. defining only men as real citizens
B. imposing Christian standards on American Indians
C. outlawing divorce
D. defining marriage as monogamous


Answer: C. outlawing divorce

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A) Poverty in countries is largely due to cultural failings of their people. B) Government should stay out of economic development. C) Government policies play a key role in economic development. D) The disparity between wealthy and poor countries is largely a result of economic exploitation.

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The Davis-Moore thesis implies that societies without social inequality would be the most productive

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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