USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Industrialization in America took a huge leap forward in 1880 when ____ developed a system for producing and distributing electrical power
A
George Westinghouse
B
Nikola Tesla
C
Thomas Edison
D
Thomas Watson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A surge of technological innovations and inventions, like Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulb and Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, fueled this economic growth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Industrialization, along with great strides in transportation, drove the growth of U.S. cities and a rapidly expanding market economy. It also shaped the development of a large working class in U.S. society, leading eventually to labor struggles and strikes led by working men and women.

Detailed explanation-3: -Railroads in the Late 19th Century Beginning in the early 1870s, railroad construction in the United States increased dramatically. Work in the Late 19th Century The late 19th-century United States is probably best known for the vast expansion of its industrial plant and output.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Industrial Revolution created a new middle class along with the working class. Those in the middle class owned and operated the new factories, mines, and railroads, among other industries. Their lifestyle was much more comfortable than that of the industrial working class.

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