By 1900, the white middle-class american family had changed very little from its 1820 counterpart.

a. true
b. false

B. False

Explanation:

The changes in the American society by market revolution have changed family structure by creating identities of American men and American women. Work now shifted to stores and factories and therefore the domestic work was considered inferior and that which produced cash gave American men a superior position. Moreover, women and children were exploited to replace men at work by offering them low wages.

True

Explanation:  One benefit of the new domestic ideology for women in the first half of the nineteenth century was more leisure time to devote to reading and developing friendships with other women.

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