The Technological Advancements in the Production of Clothing Meant the Typical

question 43

Multiple Choice

The technological advancements in the production of clothing meant the typical southern plantation mistress

• A) continued to do much of her work herself as a way to maintain her domestic authority, only employing others for cooking and cleaning.
• B) maintained control over food preparation while delegating more tedious tasks related to weaving, spinning, and sewing to servants and slaves.
• C) increasingly served as domestic managers and divided the tasks of clothing production and other household duties among her servants and slaves.
• D) primarily ordered premade clothing and precut fabric from the recently established factories in northern cities, the most convenient option.

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