The accumulation of wealth from industrial activity rather than from land meant that
A) class distinctions became blurred.
B) most people looked down on businessmen.
C) the countryside became increasingly impoverished.
D) the landed aristocracy was less wealthy but gained in social status and political control.
E) noble families shunned industry and business as being beneath their station.
Ans: A
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