As the "Bourgeois Century" Progressed

question 67

Multiple Choice

As the "bourgeois century" progressed

• A)a lower middle class of clerks, salespeople, lower civil servants, and similar groups rapidly increased.
• B)professionalization accelerated.
• C)the middle class increasingly became the trend setters in society.
• D)requirements for certain offices or professions became more stringent.
• E)All of these

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