THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
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Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
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Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
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Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities
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Detailed explanation-1: -Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the countryside. Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and farm laborers to cities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The development of the steam engine transformed this need, allowing businesses to locate their factories near urban centers. These factories encouraged more and more people to move to urban areas where jobs were plentiful, but hourly wages were often low and the work was routine and grindingly monotonous.
Detailed explanation-3: -The shifting of rural populations to urban areas is mainly due to urban biases in terms of development and economic opportunities. It has been observed in developing economies that urban residents have a better standard of living, level of nutrition, and provision of services than rural dwellers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which factor contributed to the shift in population shown on the graph? Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and farm laborers in cities. What was a consequence of the rapid growth of cities in the late 1800s? The rapid growth of tenements and ghettos.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Industrial Revolution caused towns to turn into cities, and existing cities to swell, both in terms of population-with new arrivals from Europe and rural areas of the United States-as well as their geographic footprint, now that they were home to factories and other buildings required in manufacturing.