Which of the following describes why children of poor families often worked outside of the home? ...

Which of the following describes why children of poor families often worked outside of the home?
 
  a. Their wages were necessary for the family's survival.
  b. Their families believed in the need for apprenticeships.
  c. Their income was an effective way to attract a desirable mate.
  d.
   Their parents did not believe in the idea of a childhood.

Ques. 2

A(n) ________ household is one that grew and shrunk as needs arose.
 
  a. accordion
  b. extended
  c. nuclear
  d.
   kinship

Ques. 3

What affect did the spread of wage labor have on household size, and why?
 
  a. It decreased because households no longer hosted apprentices.
  b. It increased because households took in boarders.
  c. It decreased because wages could not sustain larger households.
  d.
   It increased because more households could afford servants.

Ques. 4

Pooling capital to create a family partnership is an example of how commercialism affected the
 
  a. merchant class.
  b. artisan class.
  c. laboring class.
  d.
   political class.

Ques. 5

During industrialization, the Zimbardo family owned its own Italian grocery and helped other Italian immigrants find work. This situation is an example of
 
  a. agency.
  b. adaptation.
  c. change.
  d.
   composition.