How did the American family change during the 1920s?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. New and more liberal divorce laws doubled the divorce rate.
2. Access to birth control led to a reduction in average family size.
3. More married women joined the workforce.
4. Adolescence was increasingly seen as a distinct state of life.
5. Prolonged adolescence led to new strains on the family in the form of youthful revolt.

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During McCarthy's communist hunting, he found

a) no confirmed communists. b) one confirmed communist. c) three confirmed communists. d) 57 confirmed communists. e) 227 confirmed communists.

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According to researchers in the differences tradition, psychology and its theories have failed women by

A. devaluing their strengths. B. demonstrating how little autonomy most people really have. C. focusing too much on the similarities between men and women. D. focusing on the differences between men and women.

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According to McKay, _________ addresses strategic gender interests as and have the most potential for transforming workplace gender hierarchies.

a. individual educational opportunities b. labor unions c. maternity leave and childcare benefits d. the emergence of technical operators

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Which college was established as a result of the Great Awakening?

A) Princeton B) Columbia C) Harvard D) the College of William & Mary E) Yale

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