Question

In the 1800s, it was believed women were good at working on projects to improve the community because

Answer 1

Question: In the 1800s, it was believed women were good at working on projects to improve the community because:

Options:

• Women were better leaders than men  

• Women were better planners than men  

• Women were more emotional than men  

• Women were more moral than men

Answer: The correct answer is:  Women were more moral than men .

Explanation:  

In the 1800s, immorality was still believed by many Americans, reflecting the lasting influence of Calvinism, to be the cause of individual poverty and other social problems such as alcoholism. After the post-Civil War explosion in industrial growth, a major reform in the economic, political, and social institutions of the nation began. The largest force behind much of the reform was women. Women began helping the poor and the less fortunate and it was said by all that women were good at working on projects for improving communities.

Answer 2

In the 1800s, it was believed that women were good at working on projects to improve the community because women were more moral than the men were. Men. They were viewed as keepers of the hearth. The correct answer is D.