Over the Course of the Eighteenth Century, What Was the Trend

question 60

Multiple Choice

Over the course of the eighteenth century, what was the trend in the number of out-of-wedlock births?

• A) They slowly declined as the working classes became better educated.
• B) They increased slowly, because living conditions for the urban poor kept birthrates low.
• C) They doubled, as sexual mores began to shift in European society.
• D) They quadrupled, as more women began to move to cities and out of the control of their families.

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