Why Did Leisure-Time Activities Become Increasingly Important to the Working

Multiple Choice

Why did leisure-time activities become increasingly important to the working class during the late nineteenth century?

A) Factory labor was growing more routine and impersonal, and social interactions at the workplace were increasingly inhibited.
B) Working-class Americans viewed leisure activity as a method of rising to middle-class status.
C) American employers were increasingly emphasizing leisure and relaxation as a method of keeping their work force happy and healthy.
D) Leisure-time activities brought Americans of all ethnicities together and therefore contributed to a process of Americanization that most workers desired.
E) Factory workers were working shorter days and weeks and had more time to play.