Why were so many people willing to become indentured servants? O A. It was a way to have religious freedom.
O B. They wanted to live in a free nation.
O C. They could afford to buy land in England.
O D. It was a chance to have a better life.

They could afford to buy land in England

answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!

explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.

a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.

[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employer’s interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.