All of the Following Are Reasons Stated in Your Text

question 26

Multiple Choice

All of the following are reasons stated in your text for why elders were accorded high status in early American society EXCEPT

• A) it was a family value to honor older people and one's ancestors.
• B) because so few people lived into later life, old age was a marker of exclusivity.
• C) frail elders were viewed as closer to the stage of rebirth as one of God's holy angels.
• D) because the aged were closer to death, they were believed to serve as mediators between this world and the next.

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