WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Many new jobs in industry required educated workers, so public schools were established to make sure children could read and write.
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Education was not effected by the Second Industrial Revolution.
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Many new jobs in industry required uneducated workers, so public schools were not established.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Industrialization may increase education by increasing parents’ incomes, public sector revenues, returns to skill, and (by promoting urbanization) children’s access to schools.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rapid advances in the creation of steel, chemicals and electricity helped fuel production, including mass-produced consumer goods and weapons. It became far easier to get around on trains, automobiles and bicycles. At the same time, ideas and news spread via newspapers, the radio and telegraph.
Detailed explanation-3: -The early industrial age brought terrible hardships. In time, however, reformers pressed for laws to improve working conditions. Labor unions won the right to bargain with employers for better wages, hours, and working conditions. Eventually working-class men gained the right to vote, which gave them political power.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Industrial Revolution had many positive effects. Among those was an increase in wealth, the production of goods, and the standard of living. People had access to healthier diets, better housing, and cheaper goods. In addition, education increased during the Industrial Revolution.