What was a result of the industrial revolution? Most people became farmers. Most people moved to the countryside. America became more rural. Population began to shift from the country to cities.

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Blaze Mckinney

17 November, 08:15

What was a result of the industrial revolution? Most people became farmers. Most people moved to the countryside. America became more rural. Population began to shift from the country to cities.

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Oswaldo Hahn · Answer 1

Let's look at all the answers in turn:

Most people became farmers.

-this is false: industrial revolution pushed more people to be factory workers and not farmers

Most people moved to the countryside.

-this is also false: most people moved to cities, where work in factories was available.

America became more rural.

-this is again false, it became more urban instead

Population began to shift from the country to cities.

-this is the correct answer!

This shift had to do with the amount of work available in the cities.