All of the following are true about working conditions in the early 1900s EXCEPT
a. industrialists refused to resort to the subdivision of labor.
b. America consistently led the world in industrial accidents and deaths on the job.
c. wages were so low that most industrial workers made less than a living wage.
d. workers were plagued by unsanitary, dangerous working conditions.
ANS: a
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a. true b. false
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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