Which revolution benefited from the Industrial Revolution?

• A. First Agricultural Revolution
• B. Second Agricultural Revolution
• C. Green Revolution
• D. Columbian Exchange

Answer: (B)

Industrial advances provided the means to greatly increase farming efficiency, which is exactly what the Second Agricultural Revolution did. During this period farming shifted from largely manual, localized methods to more mechanized, market-driven practices. Enclosures consolidated land and raised productivity; selective breeding and improved crop rotation increased yields; and new tools—seed drills, mechanical reapers, threshers—driven by steam and other powered sources boosted output. Railways and roads created big markets for food and made it feasible to move large quantities of produce from rural areas to cities, supporting urban growth. All of this depended on the same wave of invention and capital that defined the Industrial Revolution, so this revolution benefited most directly from those industrial changes. The First Agricultural Revolution is much earlier in history, the Green Revolution comes in the 20th century with modern chemistry and biotechnology, and the Columbian Exchange describes the transfer of crops and diseases between continents, not a farming revolution itself.