How did the Industrial Revolution affect the poor in the late 1800s?

8 answers

Read lots. Urbanization was one impact on ordinary/poor people, but there were others.

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A: The City slums emptied ***
B: The life of poor did not improve.
C: Poverty was eliminated.
D: The life of poor improved greatly.
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Ah. it's d.
No.
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When the Industrial Revolution started people replaced those who made things by hand with machines therefor the poor lost their jobs. The answer is B.
yea Grace is right, i was going to tel you but then i saw hers so yea the answer is b. google it and youll get your answer.
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