Which of the Following Statements About the Urban Working Class

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the urban working class is accurate?

• A) The term working class had been in common usage since the Middle Ages.
• B) The working class and the middle class comprised the same groups of people.
• C) The working class was a new social entity that arose during the Industrial Revolution.
• D) The working class worked primarily as apprentices rather than to earn their own wages.
• E) The working class had the same cult of domesticity as the middle class.

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