What would a comparison of the First and Second Industrial Revolutions show?
A. Both the First and Second Industrial Revolutions relied almost entirely on steam power.
B. No new forms of transportation occurred in the First Industrial Revolution but many forms developed in the Second Industrial Revolution.
C. Both saw improvements in transportation but a truly national market only emerged in the Second Industrial Revolution.
D. The First Industrial Revolution depended on new inventions but the Second Industrial Revolution did not.
Ans: C. Both saw improvements in transportation but a truly national market only emerged in the Second Industrial Revolution.
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a. New York City. b. Boston. c. Philadelphia. d. Chicago. e. Trenton.
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