How did new processes for producing textiles change how people dressed in the 1830s and 1840s?
a. they wore more home-made clothing
b. most people wore ready-made clothing
c. home-made clothing increased in quantity and decreased in price
d. better quality fabric became more expensive so most wore cheap grades of cloth
ANSWER: b
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