Analyze the role of the family in Roman life in light of the concept of paterfamilias.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. The family was the mainstay of social organization within Rome, and the father's word was law within his household. He was the ultimate authority, literally determining life or death for the members of the household. His control extended to his daughters in marriage, allowing them to be completely under the authority of their husbands, or allowing them a means to live independently upon his own death, provided they spend at least three nights a year away from their husbands' house. The family values protected the members of the family, as well as property for the family's benefit.
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A. nationalism B. trade unionism C. liberalism D. anarchism
Summarize the effects of the Treaty of Paris on both the French colonists and the Indians.
What will be an ideal response?
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A. he attempted to hold the Hoover administration accountable for the economic crisis. B. he promised to take drastic, even warlike, action against economic conditions. C. he believed the Depression was largely over. D. he showed a relative lack of interest in taking on the economic crisis directly. E. the American people concluded the economy was not as bad off as they once had believed.