The Second Industrial Revolution

Which of the following had the greatest impact on transportation during the second Industrial Revolution?

• the dynamo

• the steam engine

• the internal combustion engine

• the Bessemer process

Which factors caused the population of Europe to soar between 1800 and 1900?

• Cities grew, and families had more children.

• People bathed more and ate less.

• Medicine advanced, and the death rate fell.

• The poor were treated at hospitals and survived surgeries.

Why did some workers organize unions?

• to help women get factory jobs

• to reduce work stoppages

• to improve their working conditions

• to support large corporations

Why did big business emerge during the Industrial Revolution?

• Competition between businesses became unnecessary.

• Labor unions demanded and won higher wages.

• New technologies required the investment of more capital.

• Governments passed laws regulating monopolies.

Which development helped improve working conditions in many mines and factories during the late 1800s?

• the formation of the introduction of the assembly line

• the growth of labor unions

• the rise of the middle class

• the formation of monopolies

Louis Pasteur helped improve public health by

• finding a cure for tuberculosis.

• improving conditions in hospitals.

• encouraging new surgical practices.

• applying germ theory to combat disease.

How did city life change during the last 1800s and early 1900s?

• Neighborhoods became more crowded.

• Improved sanitation slowed the spread of disease.

• Urban workers began to move to the suburbs.

• Standards of living fell as wages dropped.

Identify two major effects of new technology on business during the Industrial Revolution.

• Production became faster and less expensive.

• Workers made more money and worked fewer hours.

• The streets were less traveled and cleaner.

• Fewer goods were manufactured and sold.

Which of the following changes to city life would be most likely to reduce the crime rate?

• constructing sewer systems

• installing street lights

• erecting fine buildings

• offering public entertainment

Why did some business owners form corporations?

• to regulate the free-enterprise system

• to raise money to expand

• to buy more stock in competitors

• to create a laissez-faire economy