Explain the Second Industrial Revolution and its impact on society
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Essays should stress the theme of economic expansion and increasingly rapid production, transportation, and communication. These themes should be illustrated by references to selected innovations, such as new forms of energy and the telegraph. Improving living standards and the acceleration of consumerism should also be emphasized.
You might also like to view...
Louis IX died __________.
A. in the second Crusade B. of the Black Death C. in battle against the English D. from an assassin hired by noble opponents of his rule
Why did American public support for expansion grow in the late nineteenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
As a result of the plagues during the early fourteenth century,
a. the Thames River in England flooded. b. Europeans gave up their earlier explorations of the Atlantic. c. Danish colonies in Iceland were abandoned. d. state building in Eastern Europe ended.
Which of the following proved that Britain’s and France’s policy of appeasement before the outbreak of World War II was misguided?
A) passage of the Lend-Lease Act B) passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff C) establishment of the Grand Alliance D) German invasion of Czechoslovakia