USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Select the two that apply.Why were there increased job opportunities for women during the Second Industrial Revolution?
A
compulsory university education provided to all women
B
the expansion of government services
C
the lack of men to fill relatively low-paid, white-collar jobs
D
gender equality achieved in the nineteenth century
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Also, women entered the workforce in order to help support the family. A common feature of the Industrial Revolution, for working-class people, was the low level of pay that they received. As a result, women and children often worked in the factories and mines in order to help pay for the families cost of living.

Detailed explanation-2: -Several factors contributed to this rise. First, with the advent of mass high school education, graduation rates rose substantially. At the same time, new technologies contributed to an increased demand for clerical workers, and these jobs were increasingly taken on by women.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Second Industrial Revolution saw an expansion in the variety of jobs available to women. There was a movement that consisted of women getting jobs as office clerks and administrative positions while the law still saw them as inferior to their husdands and fathers.

Detailed explanation-4: -As wage labor supplanted agricultural labor, growing numbers of women entered the paid workforce while unpaid housework took on new cultural and economic significance. In a very straightforward way, the industrial revolution prompted women to enter the paid workforce.

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