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People in the United States in the nineteenth century were haunted by the prospect that unprecedented change in the nation’ s ec
People in the United States in the nineteenth century were haunted by the prospect that unprecedented change in the nation’ s ec
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People in the United States in the nineteenth century were haunted by the prospect that unprecedented change in the nation’ s economy would bring social chaos. In the years following 1820, after several decades of relative stability, the economy entered a period of sustained and extremely rapid growth that continued to the end of the nineteenth century. Accompanying that growth was a structural change that featured increasing economic diversification and a gradual shift in the nation’ s labor force from agriculture to manufacturing and other nonagricultural pursuits.
Although the birthrate continues to decline from its high level of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the population roughly doubled every generation during the rest of the nineteenth century. As the population grew, its makeup also changed.
Massive waves of immigration brought new ethnic groups into the country. Geographic and social mobility—downward as well as upward—touched almost everyone. Local studies indicate that nearly three quarters of the population—in the North and South, in the emerging cities of the Northeast, and in the restless rural counties of the West—changed their residence each decade. As a consequence, historian David Donald has written, " Social atomization affected every segment of society. " and it seemed to many people that " all the recognized values of orderly civilization were gradually being eroded. "
Rapid industrialization and increased geographic mobility in the nineteenth century had special implications for women because these changes tended to magnify social distinctions. As the roles men and women played in society became more rigidly defined, so did the roles they played in the home. In the context of extreme competitiveness and dizzying social change, the household lost many of its earlier functions and the home came to serve as a haven of tranquility and order. As the size of families decreased, the roles of husband and wife became more clearly differentiated than ever before. In the middle class especially, men participated in the productive economy while women ruled the home and served as the custodians of civility and culture. The intimacy of marriage that was common in earlier periods was rent, and a gulf that at times seemed unbridgeable was created between husbands and wives.
Which of the following best describes the society about which David Donald wrote?
选项
A、A highly conservative society that was resistant to new ideas.
B、A society that was undergoing fundamental changes.
C、A society that had been gradually changing since the early 1700’ s.
D、A nomadic society that was starting permanent settlements.
答案
B
解析
David Donald的观点出现在第三段最后一句Social atomization affected every segment of society…all the recognized values of orderly civilization were gradually being eroded,即“社会的每一个部分都受到了影响,一切原有文明价值观也逐步被侵蚀”,说明当时的美国社会经历着根本性变革,所以选项B正确。
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