23. According to Larkin in The Reshaping of Everyday Life, by the 1830-1840s, all the following statements were true EXCEPT: A. many Americans had begun to redefine the importance of child-rearing to emphasize it as a woman’s most important role
B. slave spirituals had begun to powerfully effect all southerners
C. doctors did not understand what caused infection or contagion and so disease
remained almost as devastating as it had been for their ancestors.
D. Americans were unusually reluctant to adopt the enclosed iron stove because it cooked food more unevenly than the traditional open hearth method

24. According to Larkin in The Reshaping of Everyday Life, the following statement best describes Americans’ preferred beverages by about 1830:
A. the traditional drink, tea, while still very popular, had been overtaken by coffee
B. American avoided water on the accurate perception it caused dropsy
C. thanks to expanding imports of sugar from the Caribbean, innovations like Coke and Pepsi became the most common drinks
D. with increased coffee cultivation in Jamaica, Starbucks opened its first store there in 1831 and the brand spread rapidly to New York and other major cities

25. According to Larkin in The Reshaping of Everyday Life, the following statement best describes American house construction between about 1830 and 1860:
A. construction techniques would have been quite familiar to builders of the 17th Century
B. construction techniques evolved so buildings of many floors were common
C. construction techniques evolved to use numerous light, weight-bearing planks for much more rapid framing
D. construction techniques emphasized the use of massive timber frame