As a Result of the Relatively Low Female-To-Male Wage Ratio

question 36

Multiple Choice

As a result of the relatively low female-to-male wage ratio in early-1800s New England,

• A) the supply of women willing to work in factories increased.
• B) the supply of women willing to work in farming declined.
• C) the wages of female farm labor rose.
• D) the North industrialized more quickly than the South.
• E) All of the above

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