In the 1920s, Housework

question 3

Multiple Choice

In the 1920s, housework

• A) made easier for middle-class housewives because they were able to hire immigrant women and farm girls for household help.
• B) reduced in terms of hours and sheer physical effort thanks to electrification, store-bought clothing, and purchased food.
• C) "socialized" through cooperative apartments, commercial laundries, and other collective forms of housework.
• D) increased because industrialization and crowded urban conditions made homes dirtier.
• E) became simpler because air conditioning and electric heat made homes cleaner.

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Definitions:

Concentric Contraction

Muscle contraction where muscle fibers shorten while generating force, typically occurring when a muscle is actively producing movement.

Muscle Tension

Describes the state of partial contraction in a muscle, even when it is not actively being used, helping to maintain posture and readiness for action.

Contraction

The process of muscle fibers shortening in response to stimulation, resulting in movement or tension in the muscle.

Rigor Mortis

Increased rigidity of muscle after death due to cross-bridge formation between actin and myosin as calcium ions leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.