Beginning in the Nineteenth Century,industrializing Lands Experienced a Social Change

question 24

Multiple Choice

Beginning in the nineteenth century,industrializing lands experienced a social change known as the demographic transition when

• A) 60 percent of the people were 55 years old and older.
• B) the rural population increased dramatically.
• C) the fertility rate increased dramatically.
• D) the majority of the population was college educated.
• E) the fertility rate began a marked decline.

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