Which of the following statements accurately reflects the differences between single working-class women and married working-class women in the nineteenth century?
A) Married women commonly hired maids and cooks to ease the burden of their work at home, whereas single women usually did most of the work themselves.
B) Married women commonly worked under sweatshop conditions within the tenements, whereas single women often viewed outside work as an opportunity.
C) Married women worked in cigar factories, whereas single women did needlework at home.
D) Married women were able to work in factories because of the large number of unmarried women available to provide childcare.
E) Married women had the assistance of their husbands at home and in the factory, while single women accepted an ideology of domesticity based on the idea of separate spheres.
Question 2
At the end of the Civil War, what communications system did the railroads use to coordinate their complex flow of rail cars?
A) The telephone
B) The Pony Express
C) The magnetic telegraph
D) The internet
E) Text-messaging