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The excerpt from The American Frugal Housewife (1832) demonstrates which of the following developments during the first half of the 19th century?


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Oh All right A pushers A new section for you

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Here we go This is from the Frugal Housewife was

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just a skim And this thing here however it's done

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Regina being I'm going round spend thousand police ridiculous in

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counseling and poorer classes People moderate fortune in question lies

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in their happiness Foolish opulent using their ongoing pres exceed

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your income That's foundation acumen and poorly captain And we're

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gonna be on old age in a few weeks since

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I called Mom Farms out of alien marrying a marriage

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inventive with two thousand dollars in lower part of the

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house Little wealthy asshole Two thousand five hundred years Mom

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Things never learned The more useful having one I thought

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Well the excerpt from the American Frugal housewife demonstrates which

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of the following developments during the first half of the

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nineteenth century the market revolution in the early nineteenth century

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promoted industrial and commercial growth that boosted the average income

00:55

of American citizens and the social group that showed the

00:58

most growth during this time was the middle class Well

01:01

suddenly these middle class families found themselves able to buy

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their own houses in respectable neighbourhoods Some even had the

01:07

cash they needed to start their own businesses Organisations however

01:10

having more money and options also got people into trouble

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In the excerpt Mrs Child is suggesting that people from

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the new middle social class who were ableto buy their

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own homes and live comfortably shouldn't spend money beyond their

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means in order not to end in utter poverty So

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that be the rise of the new American middle class

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is really what it's all about The loser ball here

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Well the market revolution did promote an increase of the

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American wealthy social class A However it wasn't as exponential

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is that of the middle class right Like they had

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already started wealthy and they got wealthier So many Americans

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benefited from the economic and commercial growth that characterized the

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market revolution It didn't reach every social group And while

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the funds of the middle class skyrocketed D they're America's

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poor social class which included Native Americans and slaves remained

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down pretty much stagnant So it's not C B is

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the answer be the rise of the new American middle 00:01:59.77 --> [endTime] class

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