Impact of the Industrial Age (P)(Q)

Which country was the first to industrialize in Europe? Germany Belgium Italy Britain

Britain

The artistic movement that emerged as a result of industrialization was impressionism. romanticism. realism. cubism.

Romanticism

Samuel Morse

Telegraph

After Germany's unification in 1871, industrialization accelerated and surpassed the US becoming first in steel production. industrialization continued mainly in the west. workers for industrial jobs were difficult to find. constructed vast networks of railroads.

constructed vast networks of railroads

Industrialization gave workers shorter working hours and time off on weekends, which allowed for more jobs per person. lower salaries. fewer sick days. more leisure time.

more leisure time

At the end of the 1800s, the direct effect of more leisure time was that boredom enveloped the culture. there was an increase in crime. popular culture began to grow. people took second jobs.

popular culture began to grow

Alexander Graham Bell

telephone

The most important result of the Second Industrial Revolution was depleting natural resources. creating business empires. turning the United States into a world economic power. creating problems for labor, such as long hours.

turning the United States into a world economic power.

The Wright Brothers

Airplane

Henry Ford

Assembly line

The author who described the problems of industrialized England was

Charles Dickens

What advantages did the US have that made it ripe for rapid industrialization? Check all that apply. massive forests access to two oceans rich mineral resources fertile land railroads

Massive forests rich mineral resources fertile land

An important development or discovery in science and medicine due to industrialization was Salk's development of a vaccine that could prevent polio. Pasteur's discovery that disease is spread by bacteria. Curie's development of the process of pasteurization. Jenner's discovery of a medium for growing and identifying bacteria.

Pasteurs discovery that disease is spread by bacteria