HDFS 201- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 56 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Patriarchal (cid:523)land was passed down to sons, next: daughter"s husbands, women were prohibited to own land, arranged marriages, women needed to marry to have basic necessities) Economic unit (died of simple sicknesses that happen now, children were born at home, education took place at home) House holds were large (women gave birth to 8 children, hard to control fertility, 2- 3 of the children died, 20% of women died in child birth, & 1 child death experienced) At the mercy of capitalism (most farms ended up specializing in one crop. The great depression (families needed two earning wages) Wwii (increased/quick marriages (accomplished), 1st: feeling accomplished/met wives at dances 2 weeks, 2nd: father could avoid draft, 3rd: married men received more pay) The gi bill (1st: free college education, 2nd: down payment/house, History of african american families (the civil war) Parenting (black parents had no legal right to their children)
