USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the Agricultural Revolution affect the Industrial Revolution? Select all that apply.
A
Capital to invest in businesses.
B
Crop rotation.
C
Breeding of stronger animals.
D
The Enclosure Movement.
E
The seed drill.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Second Agricultural Revolution, humans industrialized farming to produce greater crop yields with fewer workers. This allowed larger cities to form and paved the way for the First Industrial Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Industrial Revolution was a changing point for many aspects of human life and the overall standard of living. Agriculture changed as well during this time as technology, such as the seed drill, the Dutch plough, was able to increase human productivity and led there to be higher outputs of food (Johnson).

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The invention of the seed drill made it easier for farmers to plant seeds. The seed drill is a mechanized tool that drills holes in the ground to plant seeds that were previously produced by hand. The invention made planting easier and faster and allowed farmers to grow more crops on their land.

Detailed explanation-4: -The agricultural revolution had a variety of consequences for humans. It has been linked to everything from societal inequality-a result of humans’ increased dependence on the land and fears of scarcity-to a decline in nutrition and a rise in infectious diseases contracted from domesticated animals.

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