Which of the Following Statements Accurately Assesses the Significance of Wage

question 105

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately assesses the significance of wage labor in America during the Gilded Age?

• A) More and more Americans viewed wage labor as a temporary stop on the path to economic independence.
• B) The prevalence of servants in Gilded Age industries largely made traditional wage labor a thing of the past.
• C) Freedom and equality became more closely connected than ever before in American history.
• D) More and more Americans experienced wage labor as a permanent condition on the edge of poverty.
• E) The introduction of freelancing and independent contract work made wage labor increasingly irrelevant.

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