Question

Read the following excerpt from Andrew Carnegie's "Wealth."

But the inevitable result of [early types] of manufacture was crude articles at high prices. To-day the world obtains commodities of excellent quality at prices which even the generation preceding this would have deemed incredible. . . . The poor enjoy what the rich could not before afford. What were the luxuries have become the necessaries of life.1

Who has benefited from the Industrial Revolution, according to Carnegie?
A. European governments
B. Utopian socialists
C. Factory owners
D. All consumers

Answer 1

The Answer is D according to Apex.

Answer 2

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According to author Carnegie, the development of capitalism allowed the poor to access, just like the rich, consumer goods once considered expensive. Thus, it was concluded that, for him, the Industrial Revolution benefited all consumers.

D. All consumers

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