What kind of work did industrial jobs replace for many people?

Subsistence farming.

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  1. Office work
  2. Factory work
  3. Subsistence farming ✔

Why: Employment became the main way to earn a living as people moved from subsistence farming to industrial work.

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Farming was growing on people, but industry had other plans.
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Answer: Subsistence farming. Employment became the main way to earn a living as people moved from subsistence farming to industrial work.

  1. Trade union en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union
    employment (rather than subsistence farming) became the primary mode of earning a living
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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