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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
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of American citizens and the social group that showed the
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most growth during this time was the middle class Well
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suddenly these middle class families found themselves able to buy
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their own houses in respectable neighbourhoods Some even had the
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cash they needed to start their own businesses Organisations however
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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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