Author Question: The Oneida colony declined due to a. widespread criticism from neighbors of its licentious free ... (Read 51 times)

kellyjaisingh · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The Oneida colony declined due to

a. widespread criticism from neighbors of its licentious free love sexual practices, which undermined the community's integral complex marriage system.
b. a decline in animal trapping.
c. their adoption of capitalism.
d. the loss of Noyes's leadership.
e. the meteoric rise in the cost of silver.

Question 2

The key to Oneida's financial success was

a. its move from Vermont to New York.
b. the establishment of Bible communism.
c. the manufacture of steel animal traps and silverware.
d. its tax-exempt religious status.
e. its linkage of religion to free-market capitalism.