The New Mass Society Was Characterized by the

The new mass society was characterized by the

A) emergence of a new, blended elite of European factory workers and middle-classes who, together, composed about 55 percent of the population.
B) creation of new, mass leisure activities to entertain and divert the urban populations.
C) development of a working class, comprising 45 percent of the population, whose numbers caused middle-class Europeans to fear a seizure of power by the workers.
D) hard-working rural peasant farmers.
E) the country fair and the rural carnival.