USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Many of the nation’s new immigrants settled in the cities in the early 1900s. They came there to find jobs in the cities’ growing factories and businesses. Immigrants settled mainly in cities in the Northeast and Midwest. The result was rapid urbanization, or growth of cities, in those regions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout history, people have been drawn to cities as centers of trade, culture, education, and economic opportunity, but the resulting urban population growth has not always been steady. Indeed, urbanization is a relatively recent phenomenon; until recent years, the vast majority of people lived in rural areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The industrial boom of the late nineteenth century led Americans and immigrants from the world over to leave farming life and head to the city.