How Did the Industrial Revolution Change the Common Meaning of Family

question 45

Multiple Choice

How did the Industrial Revolution change the common meaning of family?

• A) It stopped mattering whether children were present.
• B) Family no longer exclusively referred to people who shared a household.
• C) The number of people who were thought of as belonging to a single family tended to shrink.
• D) It shifted the meaning from nuclear family to extended family.
• E) It shifted the meaning from extended family to nuclear family.

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Equivalent Units

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Direct Labor Costs

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Processing Departments

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Conversion Costs

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