By 1860,as a Result of the Social Expectations Expressed in the "Cult

question 72

Multiple Choice

By 1860,as a result of the social expectations expressed in the "cult of domesticity,"

• A) middle-class wives were given no special role in the family.
• B) unmarried women were generally excluded from all income-earning activities.
• C) women were increasingly seen as contributors to the family economy.
• D) women who read books or magazines were likely to be criticized.
• E) women became increasingly isolated from the public world.

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Definitions:

Pyrimidines

Nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids, such as cytosine, thymine in DNA, and uracil in RNA, which pair with purines in the double helix structure.

Cytosine

A pyrimidine nucleotide that pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA strands.

Thymine

is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid of DNA that is represented by the letter T.

Nucleotides

The basic building blocks of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), consisting of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base.