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Ch. 1 Severed Ties
History of American divorce in the 19th century.
Question | Answer |
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Which colonies did not allow divorce? | Southern |
Partial divorce (separation, but forbid to remarry) was allowed on the grounds of... | Extreme cruelty or other misconduct |
This state contracted marriages indissoluble by any means until the end of the 19th century. | South Carolina |
This was one of the first states to get divorce for nearly any reason. | Indiana |
States near this coast advertised divorced trade without requiring residency. | Western |
What were scarlet A's supposed to symbolize to the public? | Adultery |
What happened to newlywed's who bore a child less than 9 months from their wedding date? | Confinement in stocks |
Who retired to a temple his followers built and spent each night with virgin "applicants" ? | Cyrus Spragg |
Born in 1838, this person was a spiritualist, suffragist and stockbroker who publicly endorsed free love. | Victoria Claflin Woodhull |