In the acceleration toward a mass society, consumerism continued to grow in the 1920s with all of the following except
A) modernization of the original industries: textiles, steel, coal, and shipbuilding.
B) dramatic expansion of the automobile industry.
C) the development of civil aviation.
D) advances in the chemical and electrical industries.
E) less advanced industries, rather than modernize, imposed lower wages and increased hours for their workers.
Ans: A
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