USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is industrialism?
A
An economic system where machines do work that living things used to do.
B
A economic system where machines control all parts of life.
C
An economic system where the manufacturing industry is no longer needed.
D
A economic system where working becomes more accepted.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Industrialism is a system that depends heavily on manufacturing goods, rather than farming or making things by hand. Industrialism is the economic system of a society that has transitioned away from an agrarian economy (mostly based on growing and selling crops) to one that relies on industry.

Detailed explanation-2: -Industrialization is the transition from a manually driven economy to a machine-driven economy. It entails a gradual shift from agricultural to a mass production system, thus promoting social, cultural, and economic change.

Detailed explanation-3: -The industrial revolution developed in conjunction with the capitalist economies. Under capitalism, business owners (capitalists) began to organize labor centrally into factories and introduced a division of labor to increase output and profitability.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of industrialization are manufacturing (1900s), mining (1930s), transportation (1950s), and retailing (1970s). The industrialization of the automobile is illustrative.

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