Modern machinery did all except which of the following: drove production costs up. employed more people to create more products. made manufacturing less expensive. created a shortage of raw materials.

The Industrial Revolution marked the change to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, and was also the turning point in history. The textile industry was the largest during this period. With the innovations of modern machines there were not so many people needed for manual labor.

Question: Modern machinery did all EXCEPT which of the following:

A. Drove production costs up.

how did the pendleton civil service act weaken the spoils system after president garfield died?

the act forced federal employees to pass competitive exams.

the act said that federal employees could be fired for political reasons.

the act said that company contracts and kickbacks were illegal.

the act stopped the reform movement in its tracks.