Question

The middle class that emerged during the Industrial Revolution consisted mainly of

working class people who got factory jobs.(might be this one or..)
a mix of government officials and skilled workers.(this one)
wealthy people who owned factories and businesses.(most likely not this one)
a mix of working class and upper-class workers.(definitely not this one)

Answer 1

A mix of government officials and skilled workers.

Answer 2

The middle class that emerged during the Industrial Revolution consisted mainly of a mix of government officials and skilled workers, Option B is correct.

The Industrial Revolution fostered a middle class of people who were neither abundantly wealthy, nor unskilled laborers in a factory barely getting by. They included merchants and mid-level bureaucrats, as well as a few skilled laborers whose jobs had not been replaced by industrial machines.