USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these did NOT increase during the Industrial Revolution?
A
population
B
forests
C
standard of living
D
education
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Working conditions also did not improve during the Industrial Revolution. Once people moved into these dirty, cramped cities, they also needed to find jobs. These jobs were very different from the work these people had previously done on their farms.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is c: a decreased reliance on colonization.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Industrial Revolution shifted from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy where products were no longer made solely by hand but by machines. This led to increased production and efficiency, lower prices, more goods, improved wages, and migration from rural areas to urban areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both North America and Europe saw massive amounts of deforestation through the industrial revolution, the research notes. In the second half of the 19th century in the U.S., for example, an average of 34 square kilometers of forest was cleared every single day to make way for settlements and farming.

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