How were farmers economically and socially affected by advancements and industrialization in urban areas? They had many resources taken from them and used in urban areas to make towns and cities better and larger. They moved to the city, abandoning farms and leaving the farmers that stayed behind without neighbors or resources. Their social and economic status fell as society's resources and advances focused on improving cities more than rural areas. They had higher taxes placed on them by the government in an effort to fund growing and more popular cities.

Their social and economic status fell as society's resources and advances focused on improving cities more than rural areas.

Explanation:

As industrialization and urbanization advanced, the weight of the rural sector in the economy fell. This meant that farmers were losing economic and social status, because they were not part of the economic forefront anymore.

the answer is c sharecroppers were trapped in a cycle of poverty and debt.

explanation:

one of the major disadvantages of sharecropping system is that the sharecroppers or the planters are stucked in an unhealthy cycle of debts. this happens because planters will be allowed to loan merchandise from the land-owner and will soon be paid by the farmer in his share in the farm come harvest time. hope this !

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