Which Is True of the 19th-Century Home

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which is true of the 19th-century home?

• A) Nineteenth-century Americans saw their lives as occurring in two spheres, one controlled by men and one by women.
• B) People had little regard for the home and felt it was a prison.
• C) All education was supervised and controlled by the father.
• D) All of the above

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