By 1860, as a result of the social expectations expressed in the "cult of domesticity,"
A. middle-class wives were given no special role in the family.
B. unmarried women were generally excluded from all income-earning activities.
C. women were increasingly seen as contributors to the family economy.
D. women who read books or magazines were likely to be criticized.
E. women became increasingly isolated from the public world.
E
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A) to find eager support. B) easy means of earning a living. C) very little help and a difficult struggle to survive. D) a population that expressed racial equality.
Seventeenth-century southern plantations
A. enabled planters to control their markets. B. tended to be rough and relatively small. C. used many more slaves than indentured servants. D. created few new wealthy landowners. E. rarely required the landowner do any manual labor.
The Galesburg, Illinois, congregation and various reform groups realized their communities would have to support the government with __________.
A. propaganda efforts B. supplies and assistance C. ministers D. uniforms
Malcolm X's statement suggests that he strongly agreed with
(A) radical leftist movements (B) conservation movements (C) the youth counterculture (D) the sexual revolution