The "cult of domesticity" was an ideal founded on
A) women's frequent choice to abandon wage labor for domesticity.
B) the notion of separate spheres.
C) new industrial occupations.
D) the economic value of women's work.
B
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Women were prominent in the missionary movement because
a. it was a public activity thought an acceptable outlet for the energies of the more moral sex. b. New England had a surplus of women of marriageable age for whom there were insufficient spouses in the antebellum era. c. many women were discontented with the social dictum that they marry and retreat to home and hearth. d. they were concerned about the state of society. e. all of these choices above.
The main achievement of Ugartic culture was
A) the alphabet. B) cuneiform religious script. C) epic poetry. D) the first dictionary. E) metal weapons.
Among the first British colonies in West Africa was
A. Libya. B. Gold Coast. C. Senegal. D. Liberia. E. Zanzibar.
By the end of the eighteenth century, steam power and mechanization had dramatically increased production of
a. textiles, coal, and agricultural products. b. coal, soap, and beer. c. textiles, tobacco, and iron. d. coal, iron, and textiles.