What was likely to occur with the opening of a textile mill during industrialization?
a. Poor women would seek employment at the mill.
b. Slave labor would decrease in the community.
c. Middle class families would send their children to find employment at the mill.
d.
The artisan class men would find employment at the mill.
Ques. 2What would a colonial family most likely do to cope while experiencing a hardship?
a. Put out their children to learn a trade
b. Find work in a factory or mill
c. Move toward a more egalitarian gender role division
d.
Apply for public assistance
Ques. 3What is a key difference between colonial families and modern families?
a. Colonial families were more connected with their community institutions.
b. Modern families are stricter with their children.
c. Colonial families were more likely to be nuclear.
d.
Modern families are more likely to experience a family-based economy.
Ques. 4What can be inferred about the economic and social work of women done during colonial times?
a. It was completed under the dominance of men.
b. It helped create egalitarian relationships.
c. It was helpful, but not essential, to families.
d.
It was designed to help community resources.
Ques. 5The practice of dividing land among sons led to a decrease in the amount of viable land for farming. As a result, families saw a(n)
a. decrease of parental control over heirs.
b. increase of children staying at home.
c. decrease of male heirs.
d.
increase of female children inheriting.
Ques. 6Which of the following is an example of a family-based economy?
a. The Smiths baked their own bread and farmed their own land.
b. Mr. Stoops worked in the local steel factory to support his family.
c. Mary Margaret Linden was the local school teacher for farmers' children.
d.
The Marcuses owned their own mercantile shop, which was the family business.
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