Most of the industrial workers in the mid-nineteenth century
A) lived in clean, modern company housing.
B) were quick to join labor unions and demand decent wages.
C) lived in the crowded, squalid slums springing up in major cities.
D) were able to have small vegetable gardens and a few chickens.

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Most industrial workers in the mid-nineteenth century lived in crowded, squalid slums due to rapid urbanization and the lack of adequate housing near factories.

Most of the Industrial Workers in the Mid-Nineteenth Century