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WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

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“With the new methods that used mass production, division of labor, the assembly line, and the interchangeable parts, prices came down. A greater number and variety of goods became available to more people. The domestic system was disappearing and a new revolution was sweeping across Europe.”Which revolution does this quotation describe?
A
Commercial
B
Russian
C
French
D
Industrial
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mass production in factories made it possible to manufacture goods more cheaply and quickly. Huge markets for these goods were opening up in the new cities, and in the lands that the European nations were conquering and settling overseas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The coal-fired steam engine was in many respects the decisive technology of the Industrial Revolution. Steam power was first applied to pump water out of coal mines.

Detailed explanation-3: -The factory system is a method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor. Because of the high capital cost of machinery and factory buildings, factories are typically privately owned by wealthy individuals or corporations who employed the operative labor.

Detailed explanation-4: -The four industrial revolutions are coal, gas, electronics and nuclear, and the internet and renewable energy.

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