One striking result of the demand for wartime labor was that:
A) the rural population shrank by 20% and farming became more mechanized.
B) the need for factory workers limited the number of men eligible for the draft.
C) the population of the Northeast surged as war plants sprang up.
D) large corporations were bankrupted by paying high wages to workers.
Answer: A
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