Why did new forms of entertainment such as dance halls, carnival rides, and professional sports grow in popularity around 1900? a. older forms of entertainment had become outdated and boring in the new world of technology. b. for the first time in history, large numbers of people had leisure time and extra money. c. young people who learned about far off places in school demanded new and exciting pastimes. d. unemployed workers in large cities needed ways to spend their time.

Read the following passage. the early mill girls were of different ages. some were not over ten years old; a few were in middle life, but the majority were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five. the very young girls were called "doffers." they "doffed," or took off, the full bobbins from the spinning frames, and replaced them with empty ones. based on the passage, early mill girls were mostly young. were mostly middle aged. were of a variety of ages. were mostly children.