A reason for the evolution of the factory system was
a. it enabled employers to enforce longer workdays.
b. working people’s dislike of the “putting-out system.”
c. effective exploitation of the new machinery meant centralizing production at a source of water or steam power.
d. that owners could pay lower wages.
e. all of these choices.
ANS: C
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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a. true b. false
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