8. As American society began to industrialize and more people moved to cities, the disparity of wealth also grew. But unlike so often in Europe, there was little class conflict. All of the following are reasons for that relative lack of class resentment EXCEPT: A. a series of financial crises kept working-class people reluctant to risk their limited security by engaging in social unrest
B. the working class had at least some opportunity for social mobility
C. the thinly populated western lands offered geographic mobility
D. democratization of politics provided a release for working-class discontent