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How did the spread of information expose Americans to new ideas? (1 point)
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Working-class Americans were able to see images and read the words of people far beyond their homes and outside their lived experience.

Jim Crow laws increased literacy, which helped spread information, so more people were reading new information.

Working-class Americans were unable to work outside their homes in rural areas, which meant they had time to spread information.

Industrialist elites were able to see images and read the words of people who lived far away for the first time.

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Working-class Americans were able to see images and read the words of people far beyond their homes and outside their lived experience.

Mass newspapers, magazines, and cheap prints brought national news, photographs, and stories to ordinary people, exposing them to new ideas and perspectives.