Why did people flock to the cities in the late 1800s? . . . a. landlords were offering very cheap apartments.. . b. people were looking for jobs in factories.. . c..they were going to the cities to sell their crops.. . d. disease was sweeping the countryside.

People flocked to the cities in the late 1800s because people were looking for jobs in factories. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option or option "B". I hope that this is the answer that has come to your help. 

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t