Which statement best explains the trend toward lower birthrates in the late 1800s? A) The Homestead Act significantly increased the number of families practicing subsistence farming in the West. Scarce agricultural yields and resources necessitated smaller households to support.
B) The Comstock Act limited young people’s access to information about sex and contraception. Limited birth control options prompted successful social movements for premarital abstinence.
C) The new economy led to a growing middle class. Middle-class people tended to marry later in life and concentrated financial resources on educating fewer children in preparation for professional futures.
D) Women’s activist groups discouraged women’s traditional roles in America. Women increasingly rejected marriage and child-rearing in favor of professional and political careers.

70 ! to reinforce your understanding of the early days of the great depression, take the perspective of president herbert hoover. from his perspective, write three to five sentences that develop and expand on the following topic sentence: i believe the best way to end the great depression is . .

When lincoln was first elected president, he hoped to prevent war by allowing (1) in the united states. as time went on, he saw the (2) of the war as putting an end to slavery. once the civil war was over, president lincoln did not intend to (3) the south. he felt everyone had suffered enough. he wanted to the south, and the whole country, rebuild. the process of rebuilding the country following the civil war was called (4) the official surrender by general lee to general grant occurred at (5) and the terms were generous to the south. the terms of surrender said that the southern soldiers could go (6) and would not be prosecuted for (7) it also said that they must surrender their (8) but could keep their (9) officers were allowed to keep their (10) in order to make the achievements of the war permanent, three (11) were added to the u.s. constitution.

What actions are the pope asking the university of oxford to take against wycliffe