All of the Following Are True of the Working Class

question 28

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true of the working class in the nineteenth century except that

• A) they usually arrived in the city from agricultural areas.
• B) they moved to the city without their families.
• C) they worked for long hours, sometimes fifteen a day.
• D) working and living conditions were terrible.
• E) their labor barely contributed to industrialization.

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