A. Working-class Americans were unable to work outside their homes in rural areas, which meant they had time to spread information.
B. Working-class Americans were able to see images and read the words of people far beyond their homes and outside their lived experience.
C. Industrialist elites were able to see images and read the words of people who lived far away for the first time.
D. Jim Crow laws increased literacy, which helped spread information, so more people were reading new information.
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B. Working-class Americans were able to see images and read the words of people far beyond their homes and outside their lived experience.
This option highlights how access to new forms of media and communication exposed a wider audience to diverse perspectives and ideas, facilitating the exchange of information and contributing to social and cultural change.
