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jCorn1234

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Which of the following statements about the notion of domesticity in mid-nineteenth century America is most accurate?
 
  a. While it defined the woman's proper place in the home as wife and mother, domesticity often held little relevance for working class women and women of color.
  b. The concept of domesticity did not allow women any role outside of the home and thus limited their influence in California society of the late nineteenth century.
  c. This concept emerged to limit women's roles outside the home because it was commonly held that women were, by nature, hedonistic and that their sexuality needed to be controlled.
  d. All of these statements describe the impact of domesticity in California.

Question 2

The Central Pacific Railroad first hired Chinese to build the railroad because
 
  a. they worked for less pay than white men.
  b. many American men were either fighting in the Civil War or had gone to Nevada to mine silver.
  c. they were more skilled in using dynamite to blast through the mountains.
  d. American men believed that construction work was beneath them.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b



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