Study the sequence of events below and answer the question that follows:

US in the mid-1800s
Industrial development expanded
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Overcrowding, pollution, and crime became widespread.
Reform movements were organized to address social problems.

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

(1 point)
Responses

Demand for artisans increased.

Farms experienced a shortage of labor.

Cities grew rapidly.

Government regulation of factories increased.

1 answer

The sentence that best completes the diagram is:

Cities grew rapidly.

This option logically connects the industrial development in the mid-1800s to the subsequent consequences of overcrowding, pollution, and crime, as industrial growth often led to increased urbanization.