YKS 2020 · Soru 79

(I) The Industrial Revolution brought great wealth to factory owners and made basic goods such as food and clothing cheaper than ever before. (II) During the Industrial Revolution, a great majority of workers in factories were children; as a result, accidents were very common. (III) However, the Industrial Revolution also created a new kind of poverty. (IV) Large numbers of people moved to the cities in search of work, where they were packed into crowded, dirty housing. (V) Many were unemployed and ended up in prison for debt, or forced to move into harsh lodgings called workhouses, where they performed hard labour for low wages.