What Was an Unintended Consequence of Using the Steam Engine

question 94

Multiple Choice

What was an unintended consequence of using the steam engine in Britain?

• A) an increase in use of child labor
• B) It led to mass unemployment of ironworkers.
• C) the invention of plastics
• D) the depopulation of Manchester
• E) deforestation

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