Question 1

Informal marriage was common in all but which of the following groups:

Accepted Answer

A) colonists in the Middle Colonies 
B) Europeans 
C) Mexican Americans 
D) Chinese immigrants

Question 2

According to contemporary research, the breadwinner-homemaker family was

Accepted Answer

A) dominant in the aftermath of the Depression and World War II in the 1950s. 
B) always dominant in U.S.history. 
C) never dominant in U.S.history. 
D) basically only found among African Americans.

Question 3

The spread of industrial capitalism in the mid-1800s led to many social changes, including

Accepted Answer

A) more children being born. 
B) most family members exchanging labor for wages. 
C) the merging of the spheres of men and women. 
D) the transition to an increased familial mode of production.

Question 4

Most African American families had just one parent before and after slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Great Depression forced many young Americans of that period into a lifetime of childlessness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The mestizo group of Mexican American settlers

Accepted Answer

A) were large landowners. 
B) arranged their children's marriages with care and held elaborate ceremonies. 
C) were of pure Spanish decent. 
D) were farmers.

Question 7

In the United States, before 1900, pursuing personal pleasures and emotional satisfactions were not as predominant among Americans, primarily because they were too busy simply trying to live.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why were lineages so important to African American families?

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Question 9

Lineages are advantageous because they limit the number of people with whom an individual has to share resources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The True Woman was

Accepted Answer

A) sexually active prior to marriage. 
B) religious, spiritual, moral, and pure. 
C) a hard worker. 
D) independently wealthy.

Question 11

What is meant by the concept of separate spheres for women and men?

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Question 12

A study of the history of family reveals that __________ family is as old as human civilization but that _______ family emerged much more recently.

Accepted Answer

A) public; private 
B) extended; nuclear 
C) private; public 
D) nuclear; extended

Question 13

Historians such as Phillippe Aries and John Demos argue that the concept of childhood as a distinct stage of life was not recognized prior to the 1700s primarily because

Accepted Answer

A) families were trying to survive. 
B) so many infants and toddlers died. 
C) families had so few children. 
D) families did not understand the needs of children.

Question 14

Explain why slave families were more likely to be disrupted if they lived on small plantations in the Appalachias.

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Question 15

Describe how a matrilineage would work. Specifically, how would a lineage be traced, and to or for whom would you be responsible?

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Question 16

The emergence of a protected, extended stage of childhood in the 1800s occurred as a result of

Accepted Answer

A) legal restrictions on how children were treated. 
B) a growing population of elderly (and therefore grandparents). 
C) greater economic resources of parents. 
D) the spread of schooling and a decline in child deaths.

Question 17

Families developed out of the desire for survival, prosperity, and raising children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Extended families (other relatives in the household besides husband, wife, and their children) were never predominant in the United States because

Accepted Answer

A) affectionate and emotional ties to family were emphasized only recently in U.S.history. 
B) life expectancy was short and made it improbable that grandparents lived with their children. 
C) U.S.residents sought to reject the norms of their ancestors. 
D) all of these.

Question 19

Which of the following is the main factor behind the lengthening of emerging adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A) the increased importance of education in the lives of young people 
B) the obsession of young people with technology 
C) the availability of more effective contraceptives to young Americans 
D) the depleting pool of young people in America who wish to get married

Question 20

Which of the following groups was historically known to emphasize conjugal family units?

Accepted Answer

A) European colonists of America 
B) American Indians 
C) Mexican Americans 
D) African slaves brought to America

Exam 2: The History of the Family

Informal marriage was common in all but which of the following groups:

According to contemporary research, the breadwinner-homemaker family was

The spread of industrial capitalism in the mid-1800s led to many social changes, including

Most African American families had just one parent before and after slavery.

The Great Depression forced many young Americans of that period into a lifetime of childlessness.

The mestizo group of Mexican American settlers

In the United States, before 1900, pursuing personal pleasures and emotional satisfactions were not as predominant among Americans, primarily because they were too busy simply trying to live.

Why were lineages so important to African American families?

Lineages are advantageous because they limit the number of people with whom an individual has to share resources.

The True Woman was

What is meant by the concept of separate spheres for women and men?

A study of the history of family reveals that ____ family is as old as human civilization but that _ family emerged much more recently.

Historians such as Phillippe Aries and John Demos argue that the concept of childhood as a distinct stage of life was not recognized prior to the 1700s primarily because

Explain why slave families were more likely to be disrupted if they lived on small plantations in the Appalachias.

Describe how a matrilineage would work. Specifically, how would a lineage be traced, and to or for whom would you be responsible?

The emergence of a protected, extended stage of childhood in the 1800s occurred as a result of

Families developed out of the desire for survival, prosperity, and raising children.

Extended families (other relatives in the household besides husband, wife, and their children) were never predominant in the United States because

Which of the following is the main factor behind the lengthening of emerging adulthood?

Which of the following groups was historically known to emphasize conjugal family units?