Question

All of the following demographic changes happened in Western Europe and the United States during the Industrial Revolution, except:
people lived longer lives.
the infant mortality rate went down.
people moved out of the cities and onto farms.
the United States experienced a rise in immigration.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is C. People moved out of the cities and onto farms.

Explanation:

It happened totally the opposite.  The population explosion was very significant during the Industrial Revolution and could be even greater, but the high rate of infant mortality, food supply crises (famines) and epidemics managed to stop it to some extent. Despite these brakes, the growth potential was undeniable. It even altered the relationship existing until then between the working peasants and the land. The countryside was going through the transformation that industrialization exerted on it and as a result, a lot of labor could not access employment in their places of residence. A large number of people and families, who had always lived in the countryside working to obtain food supplies for themselves, had to emigrate to the cities where the demands of workers and the possibilities for improvement attracted them.