In the Early Nineteenth Century, in What Way Did Peasant

question 6

Multiple Choice

In the early nineteenth century, in what way did peasant households fail to conform to notions of traditional family life?

• A) Legal decisions and limited education caused a dramatic rise in illegitimate births in the countryside.
• B) Poverty forced many peasant families to send their children off to work in factories at an early age.
• C) Men frequently migrated seasonally to earn money in factories, leaving women at home to tend crops and animals.
• D) Peasant families were likely to have only one or two children, whereas middle-class families generally had a large number of offspring.

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