History quiz

Exercises on the Second Industrial Revolution - with feedback

Question 01 - FATEC - 2019 - Read the text.
Many inventions and discoveries of this phase were the result of systematic scientific research carried out in laboratories of universities or industries. Entrepreneurs began to invest in the work of scientists, looking for inventions that would generate profits. The chemical industry, for example, benefited from this approach, which resulted in the production of synthetic fibers, insecticides, celluloid [...], vulcanized rubber [...], artificial dyes, fertilizers, explosives [...] , among others.
SUNDAYS. Joelza Esther. History in Document. Image and text. 8. 2nd ed. Sao Paulo:FTD. 2013. p.192.The text describes the relationship between science and industry characteristic of the) Brazilian Agricultural Revolution (16th century).
b) European Agricultural Revolution (12th-13th century).
c) First Industrial Revolution (18th century).
d) Second Industrial Revolution (19th-20th century).
e) Third Industrial Revolution (21st century).

Question 02 - UNIFOR 2012.1 - The Second Industrial Revolution, which took place, fundamentally, from the third decade of the 19th century, caused profound changes in the Capitalist System of Production. About this historical fact it is incorrect to state:
(A) The Second Industrial Revolution was based on the profound advance of Modern Science and Technology.
(B) The Second Industrial Revolution provoked the concentration and centralization of Capital .
(C) The Second Industrial Revolution led to Imperialism.
(D) The main sectors of the Second Industrial Revolution were textiles and metallurgy.
(E) During the Second Industrial Revolution, England lost its dominance in the production of industrialized goods.

Question 03 - FUVEST 2002 - Transfer – The so-called “Second Industrial Revolution” was characterized by a set of transformations that generated several changes in the world economy. On the subject, identify the historically incorrect alternative:
a) the role of governments in national economies has decreased a lot, proving the fundamental thesis of classical liberalism;
b) the economy has become pluralist, that is, , many other countries besides the traditional England began to produce industrial items on a large scale;
c) regions such as Latin America, Africa and Asia began to supply and consume large amounts of primary products, expanding their integration into the world market;
d) services and end-consumer products - such as the telephone, telegraph, phonograph, cinema, bicycle, aspirin - became popular;
e) the use of electricity and the use of steel became, respectively, the driving force and the basic raw material of the economy.

Question 04 - UNIOESTE 2010 - 2nd Stage - After the second half of the 19th century, a socio-economic process was created in Europe, generated by new technologies, called by historians as the Second Industrial Revolution. About this period of the Contemporary Age, mark the INCORRECT statement.
A. The press was constituted at that time thanks to the invention of the typewriter, the linotype and the rotary, which accelerated the edition and printing of newspapers.
B. Industrialization, initially restricted to England, expanded to France, Germany, Russia, the United States and Japan. The expansion is due, among other things, to the discovery of the process of converting iron into steel that opened the era of steel mills, thanks to large-scale production and low prices.
C. After 1896, powerful capitalist groups expanded their businesses through mass production and the use of advertising to stimulate consumption. It was from then on that some European countries sought to consolidate their economic-cultural dominance over Asia, Africa and Latin America.
D. Around 1900 there was a great increase in population in the cities. The urban growth was surprising, especially in the metropolises of London, Paris, Berlin and New York, which reached more than 2 million inhabitants.
E. Harsh working conditions, low wages and miserable life led many workers to organize strikes, especially between the 1880s and 1890s. The May 1, 1886 strike in Chicago, United States, ended with the arrest of those involved. and the hanging of four workers, and this event led to the celebration of International Labor Day on that date.

Question 05 - Machado de Assis Institute - 2018 - Luís Correia City Hall - PI - History Teacher -
The Second Industrial Revolution was the period of great economic and social changes that took place in Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. About the Second Industrial Revolution it is appropriate to state that:
(A) Industries produced consumer goods and generally cotton fabrics.
(B) Agriculture and means of transport did not undergo transformations in this period.
br />(C) The new machinery was made of iron and powered by steam.
(D) Electricity and oil boosted the development of industries and other areas.

Question 06 - Univesp 2017 - Occurring in the period corresponding to the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the Second Industrial Revolution was characterized by the intrinsic relationship between industry and science, expressed in inventions and products such as
(A) the airplane, the telephone cell phone and the atomic bomb.
(B) the satellite, the automobile and the computer.
(C) electricity, television and the internet.
(D) the telephone, the telegraph and the radio.
(E) the compass, the train and the X-ray.

Question 07 - PUCRS 2004.2 - The socioeconomic process associated with the Industrial Revolution throughout the 19th century is usually characterized in two major phases, usually called the First and Second Industrial Revolutions. Comparing the two Revolutions, it can be correctly concluded that the Second, from 1870 onwards, presented as a characteristic
A) the increase in the number of small companies.
B) the end of capital exports.
C) the tendency to form oligopolies.
D) the depoliticization of the labor movement.
E) the weakening of colonialism.

Question 08 - UEPB 2013 - Between the 60s and 70s of the 19th century, the world experienced the so-called “Second Industrial Revolution”. It was the moment when the capitalist economy was boosted with an even faster pace in terms of production and with significant advances in the industrialization process. About this historical moment, which Eric Hobsbawn calls the “Age of Empires”, mark the only INCORRECT alternative.
a) the development of means of transport such as the train and the steamship allowed an increase in the circulation of goods . In a cyclical process, production increased as manufacturing technologies developed and this led to an increase in the way manufactured products circulated throughout the world.
b) Imperialism brought a brutal concentration of production and capital. Even with all its heyday, there were periodic crises from the second half of the 19th century onwards and this led small and medium-sized companies to disappear or be absorbed by large companies.
c) The 28th Industrial Revolution brought about another revolution. The development of the telegraph and the written press, in addition to the invention of the telephone, took place, among other things, due to a demand imposed by the accelerated process of industrial and technological development.
d) The 24th Industrial Revolution made the sector raw material manufacturer depended more and more on bank investments and loans. The growing complexity of the production process required large sums to be invested, making banks increasingly turn to the industrial sector.
e) An important consequence of the 2nd Industrial Revolution was the disappearance of the so-called financial oligarchies. With highly developed capitalist economies, based on English liberalism, there was no longer any place in the world for small groups controlling large amounts of material goods.

Question 09 - UVA 2011.1 - EC - The Industrial Revolution, which influenced the entire economic development of the contemporary world, caused the emergence of large industry, large commerce, colonialism, the capitalist class, new social doctrines, large cities, rivalries between nations. Originated in England in 1760 , the English until the mid-nineteenth century, were almost the only ones benefited by industrial development. The Second Industrial Revolution began in 1850 and was characterized:
A. for the construction of the first railroads.
B. by the use of steam energy.
C. by the use of electricity, the use of oil for energy production and the invention of combustion engines.
D. by replacing steel with iron.

Question 10 - FUVEST 2016 - Transfer – The Industrial Revolution, a long process marked by major economic, technological and social transformations, first in Europe, and then in several other regions of the world, is usually understood as having two periods. Characteristics of the so-called “Second Industrial Revolution” can be identified
a) the invention of mechanical looms and the exploitation of steam energy.
b) the development of electric energy and the oil and steel industries.
>c) the beginning of the colonization of Oceania and the exploration of transoceanic trade.
d) the abandonment of coal exploration and its replacement by copper and tin.
e) the improvement of sailing navigation and the invention of mechanical watches.

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