Which of the following was an effect of the growth of the service industry in the late 1800s? a. the number of people that worked in factories decreased. b. the number of people that worked in factories increased. c. the urban middle class grew. d. the urban middle class shrank.

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The correct answer is C) the urban middle class grew.

One effect of the growth of the service industry in the late 1800s was that the urban middle class grew.

With the industrial expansion in the United States after the Civil War, the cities grew because many people left the rural areas of the country to move to the larger cities where there were more jobs in the fabrics and in manufacture. The massive immigration impacted the cities. New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago grew tremendously. New services allowed the urban middle class to grow in the cities. Many new opportunities were created and this helped to facilitate things for people to live better.