Which of the following was not an effect of industrialization and mechanization?

Mechanized textile production used machines to perform tasks that had once required skilled workers, so the need for skilled textile workers generally decreased rather than increased. Industrialization did draw people to cities for factory jobs, reduced the number of farm laborers needed, and spread mass production across industries. Therefore, the statement that skilled-worker demand increased was not an effect.

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