Read the summary about factory work during the Industrial Revolution.With the development of new technologies and manufacturing processes, the nature of factory work changed. Now, machines could do the heavy labor formerly done by men. This meant that women and children could work in factories. In fact, factories sometimes hired entire families. They earned hourly wages. While this could bring in a steady income, that income was not high. Women earned less than men, and children’s wages were especially low.Based on this paragraph, a central trend of the Industrial Revolution was
Answer
A
increased social support for families.
B
increased physical labor by workers.
C
new and improved technologies.
D
improved conditions in factories.
Explanation
The paragraph says that new technologies and manufacturing processes introduced machines that could do heavy labor. This directly describes the trend of new and improved technologies. The passage does not say that factory conditions improved; it notes that wages were low.
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