USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
With increased production of consumer goods, which industry began to expand during the Industrial Age in order to compete with producers in the same market?
A
Mining
B
Shipping
C
Advertising
D
Electric
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The textile industry was the first to use modern production methods, and textiles became the dominant industry in terms of employment, value of output, and capital invested. The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and many of the technological and architectural innovations were of British origin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although all of these industries would rapidly be affected by the Industrial Revolution, the first industry to be affected was the textile industry. A “textile” is a type of hand-produced or machine-produced fabric (like clothes).

Detailed explanation-3: -Goods that had once been painstakingly crafted by hand started to be produced in mass quantities by machines in factories, thanks to the introduction of new machines and techniques in textiles, iron making and other industries.

Detailed explanation-4: -This chapter tells the story of the crafts and industries of India during British rule by focusing on two industries, namely, textiles and iron and steel. Both these industries were crucial for the industrial revolution in the modern world.

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