Question 1

Society's conception of childhood is one of the things that did not change with the emergence of the modern family.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Aggregate data analysis refers to the research method that

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A)   involves population-level analysis of family trends.
B)   uses only oral history accounts of older people.
C)   studies the artifacts of an individual family history across generations.
D)   focuses on the history-making activities of the upper classes.E) None of the above
F) C) and D) A

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the effects of industrialization on middle-class women's roles?

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A)   Women became the moral guardians of the home.
B)   Married women increased their participation in the public sphere.
C)   Caretaking and nurturing became primary roles.
D)   Women's and men's roles overlapped far less than in the preindustrial United States.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 4

The family-based economic system characterized life during

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A)   the colonial period of the United States.
B)   the Industrial Revolution.
C)   the early twentieth century.
D)   the emergence of the household as a private sphere.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

With the transition to the wage economy,households began to incorporate a variety of non-kin members.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The form of economic system that emerged with the industrialization of society has been referred to as the

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A)   consumer-based economy.
B)   family-wage economy.
C)   family-based economy.
D)   nuclear family economy.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Discuss the role of communities in family life prior to and after industrialization.What implications do changes have for the behavior of people in families?

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Question 8

In the colonial United States,neighbors and other community members frequently intervened in family matters.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Social history focuses primarily on the lives and experiences of upper-class individuals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The most important themes to emerge from historical studies of the family are all except which of the following?

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A)   the diversity in family types
B)   the uneven change in family patterns
C)   an ever-increasing divorce rate
D)   the social agency of family membersE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following describes the status of women in colonial and emerging modern families?

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A)   During the colonial period, wives were subordinate to husbands but as the modern family emerged, relations became egalitarian.
B)   During the colonial period, spousal relations were egalitarian but women were subordinated with the emergence of the modern family.
C)   During both periods relations were patriarchal, with wives subordinate to their husbands.
D)   none of the aboveE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Social historians studying U.S.families of the past have focused primarily on

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A)   the diaries of upper-class people.
B)   the experiences of ordinary people.
C)   the Industrial Revolution.
D)   the image of family in the media.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Hareven's research on patterns in family history concludes that

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A)   families are passive victims of social change.
B)   community involvement is rare among early colonial families.
C)   there is not a uniform pattern of change among all families toward a more modern level.
D)   all immigrant groups have similar patterns of adjusting to family life in the United States.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

The term primogeniture refers to

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A)   the likelihood that children from more than one marital union would be cohabiting in the same household.
B)   the public chastising of wayward individuals.
C)   the transfer of the family land to the oldest son.
D)   none of the aboveE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

As the family ceased to be a center of production during industrialization,

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A)   an increasing number of young children were sent away from home to work.
B)   it ceased to function efficiently.
C)   it took on specialized functions of procreation, child-rearing, and consumption.
D)   its educational function increased.E) None of the above
F) B) and C) C

Question 16

The shift from pre-modern to modern family life was a transitional process that occurred slowly and unevenly.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The technique used by family historians whereby several historical documents are used to create a composite picture is called

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A)   content analysis.
B)   record linkage.
C)   multiple regression.
D)   variable analysis.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

The wage economy greatly increased women's access to productive work.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

During the period of the emergence of the modern family,the phrase "angels of the house" referred to

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A)   women.
B)   children.
C)   visiting nurses.
D)   none of the aboveE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

In colonial America,romantic attraction was the primary basis for the selection of a spouse.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

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