USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The production of ____ was one of the first industries to be affected by the Industrial Revolution.
A
automobiles
B
cotton cloth
C
toys
D
furniture
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.

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: -The Industrial Revolution, which brought together large-scale coal-based industries like mining, steel, pottery, and textiles, helped create the foundation of modern society and wealth.

Detailed explanation-4: -What Industries Were Affected by the Industrial Revolution? The impact of changing the way items were manufactured had a wide reach that affected many industries in the Industrial Revolution, such as textile manufacturing, mining, glass making, and agriculture which had all undergone changes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cotton played a key role in the United States’ Industrial Revolution. By the mid-19th century, the United States supplied 61 percent of the world’s raw cotton, all of it grown in southern states. Textile mills in New England used raw cotton from the South to spin, dye, and eventually weave and print cotton fabric.

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