Which of the following developments led to the creation of new social classes during the Industrial Revolution?

A. The growth of agricultural communities because of overcrowding in urban centers.

B. The replacement of low-skilled manufacturing jobs with high-skilled middle-class jobs

C. An increase in both low-skilled manufacturing jobs and high-skilled middle-class jobs

D. An increase in the number of wealthy women choosing to work outside the home.

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Which of the following developments led to the creation of new social classes during the Industrial Revolution?

A. The growth of agricultural communities because of overcrowding in urban centers.

B. The replacement of low-skilled manufacturing jobs with high-skilled middle-class jobs

C. An increase in both low-skilled manufacturing jobs and high-skilled middle-class jobs

D. An increase in the number of wealthy women choosing to work outside the home.

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Jaqueline Bailey · Answer 1

An increase in both low-skilled manufacturing jobs and high-skilled middle-class jobs

Kasey Salas · Answer 2

The development which lead to the creation of new social classes during the Industrial Revolution was the fact that there was an increase in both low-skilled manufacturing jobs and high-skilled middle class jobs. Although it is true that the low-skilled manufacturing jobs were indeed in greater number than were the high-skilled ones - c.