Exam 2: The History of the Family

U.S. women of the 1950s married at an earlier age (for their first marriage) than U.S. women in previous generations.

In the United States, levels of lifetime childlessness were higher for women who reached their peak child-bearing years in the __________ than in any other generation of women in the twentieth century.

What were historically the three basic activities of most Western families? Which activity has changed most dramatically?

Before the arrival of the Europeans, most Native Americans lived in

Native American family and kinship patterns of small kinship groups were affected by external influences with the arrival of the Europeans. What were some of the changes experienced?

Why was informal marriage particularly common in the Middle Colonies?

How might the life expectancy of a particular society affect the creation of extended family structures in that society?

Which of the following was a cause for the rise in divorce rates in the early decades of the twentieth century?

How did children during the Great Depression adopt a "downward extension of adult-like experience"?

The larger extended family unit has always been a predominant family form in the United States.

A form of polygamy in which a man is allowed to have more than one wife is also referred to as

American Indian children were less likely to experience physical punishment and more likely to enjoy independence than were European American children.

Although a good marriage was thought to require a good sex life in the early decades of the 20^th century, it was more important that the wife be satisfied rather than the husband.

In what way did settled agriculture, as compared to hunting and gathering, revolutionize human organization?

The introduction of the birth control pill corresponded with a drop in the age at which women got married.

Historically, parental control has been weakened. What are the effects of this great lack of parental control on young adults?

The 1965 Immigration Act drastically changed the number of people allowed in the United States from Asia and the largest group to migrate since then has been from

Which of the following was one of the characteristics of the True Woman as described by historian Barbara Welter?

Discuss the public goods your family produces in contrast to the public services families in colonial America produced.