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The term 'slums' during the Industrial Revolution referred to:

  1. The specialized processing rooms inside mills where raw cotton was cleaned
  2. The fashionable neighborhoods where wealthy factory owners made their homes
  3. Dense, overcrowded urban housing with poor sanitation for factory workers
  4. The toxic chemical waste produced by early iron and coal smelting operations
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Correct answer: Dense, overcrowded urban housing with poor sanitation for factory workers

Rapid urbanization led to a housing crisis in industrial cities like Manchester. Workers often lived in cramped, filthy conditions with no running water or sewage systems, leading to frequent disease outbreaks.

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