Which of the Following Is True of the Southern Textile

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the southern textile industry in the 1880s and the 1890s?

• A)It was common for a worker to work a fourteen-hour day.
• B)There was a shortage of cheap labor.
• C)Wages in southern textile mills were the same as in the North.
• D)Transportation was a big problem.
• E)It employed a large percentage of Southerners.

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