How did the rise of the industrial factory system deeply affect the lives and status of workers?
a. They were often paid in kind.
b. They became wage laborers.
c. They were less vulnerable to more rapid cycles of economic boom and bust.
d. They got both good wages and many fringe benefits unknown before.
e. They became serfs, legally tied to factories.
b
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