Question

Which best explains the rise of the middle class during the Industrial Revolution?

Responses

Factory-made goods were cheaper than handmade goods.

Factory-made goods were cheaper than handmade goods.

Factory workers made more money than farm laborers.

Factory workers made more money than farm laborers.

Factories required skilled, educated managers and office workers.

Factories required skilled, educated managers and office workers.

Factory owners had to be land owners as well.

Answer 1

"Factories required skilled, educated managers and office workers."

Explanation: Industrialization created new managerial, technical, and clerical jobs (managers, accountants, engineers, merchants, professionals) that paid middle-level incomes and had social status between owners and laborers. The other options either describe effects on prices or workers but don't explain formation of a larger middle class, and the landowner claim is false.