Which of the Following Statements Reflects Change in the Twentieth

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements reflects change in the twentieth century ?

• A) Poor women and women of color entered the wage economy after middle-class white women.
• B) Marriage bans ensured that only white married women could get jobs, not unmarried women or women of color.
• C) The family wage was not extended to most men of color or immigrant men.
• D) As soon as more educated white women entered paid work, women started to have access to better paying jobs.

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Definitions:

Amides

Organic compounds characterized by a carbonyl group (C=O) attached to a nitrogen atom, forming part of the structure of proteins and other important molecules.

1710 cm^-1

This refers to the typical absorption band in infrared spectroscopy for carbonyl (C=O) stretching in aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids.

IUPAC

The global organization responsible for developing standardized nomenclature in chemistry and related fields.

Oxobutanenitrile

An organic compound, also known as 3-oxobutanenitrile, characterized by a nitrile group attached to a ketone group in a four-carbon chain.