Question

By the 1830 two thirds of the British cotton industry's workforce were

a.) rural farm families who had moved from the city to Canada
b.) immigrants from France and Belgium
c.) slaves from south America and Africa
d.) women and children

Answer 1

By the 1830 two thirds of the British cotton industry's workforce were "women and children," due mostly to the fact that demand for cotton had grown exponentially during the Industrial Revolution.