As with Most Important Issues, Historians Disagree on Whether Early

question 66

Multiple Choice

As with most important issues, historians disagree on whether early industrialization benefited workers. The author of the chapter

• A) adopts the pessimistic position that it did not.
• B) adopts the optimistic position that it did.
• C) argues that rising real wages alone did not determine a worker's well-being; other factors were quite detrimental.
• D) argues that wages fell but living conditions improved.
• E) claims that wages fell, while prices increased dramatically, making income no better and sometimes worst.

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