HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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workers earned higher wages in factories instead of farms
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people wore better clothing & ate better
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Cities grew
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all are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -29.390) The most important of the changes that brought about the Industrial Revolution were (1) the invention of machines to do the work of hand tools, (2) the use of steam and later of other kinds of power, and (3) the adoption of the factory system.
Detailed explanation-2: -The positive characteristics of industrialization include economic growth, a more efficient division of labor, and a growth spurt in technological innovation.
Detailed explanation-3: -People moved from rural areas into cities to be closer to factories. People moved from cities to small towns to be closer to factories. Disease spread easily with people living closer together. Educational facilities were needed so workers would learn to read and write.
Detailed explanation-4: -While the Industrial Revolution created economic growth and offered new opportunities, that progress came with significant downsides, from damage to the environment and health and safety hazards to squalid living conditions for workers and their families.