Question

How did the Industrial Revolution influence change in business investment?

A. It encouraged businesses to come up with their own inventions.
B. It encouraged businesses to stop using enslaved people.
C. It encouraged businesses to buy more property.

Answer 1

Answer: B

Explanation: The Industrial Revolution transformed economies that had been based on agriculture and handicrafts into economies based on large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing, and the factory system. New machines, new power sources, and new ways of organizing work made existing industries more productive and efficient.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. It encouraged to businesses to come up with their own inventions because The Industrial Revolution shifted from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy where products were no longer made solely by hand but by machines. This led to increased production and efficiency, lower prices, more goods, improved wages, and migration from rural areas to urban areas.