In the Mid-1700s,but Before Industrialization Reached Its Stride

question 38

Multiple Choice

In the mid-1700s,but before industrialization reached its stride,

• A) men and women began to marry later.
• B) more people lived to an older age.
• C) the rate of out-of-wedlock births decreased.
• D) extended families tended to live together in one household.
• E) women usually married at the average of twenty-seven.

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