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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - Industrial Revolution

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Which of the following is true of the England's rural areas in the early 19th century?
  1. New opportunities required lords to offer their employees better wages.
  2. The single-family farm dominated.
  3. There were more wage laborers than farmers.
  4. Livestock farming virtually disappeared.
  5. They were quickly disappearing due to the growth of urban centers.
Explanation
Answer: C - In the early 19th century, there were more wage laborers than farmers. As agricultural productivity increased, fewer people needed to farm. At the same time, land became increasingly consolidated in the hands of the wealthy. This left more laborers who were working for wages than on their own farms. It was this mobile labor force that would migrate to the cities to work in the factories.
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