USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Attracted by the promise of paid work, immigrants from rural areas flooded into cities, only to find that they were forced to live in crowded, polluted slums awash with refuse, disease, and rodents.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Cities grew because industrial factories required large workforces and workers and their families needed places to live near their jobs. Factories and cities attracted millions of immigrants looking for work and a better life in the United States.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Factories were necessary because the machinery was expensive, large, needed power, and was operated by many workers. Division of labor-The factory system introduced the division of labor. This is where different workers each have a specific task in making the product.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why did people flock to British cities and towns during the Industrial Revolution? People flocked to British cities because the Industrial Revolution was accelerating the fastest there. By the 1800s people could earn higher wages in factories than on farms. People could afford to live and clothing improved.