USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The increasing factory businesses created many more job opportunities in cities and people began to flock from rural areas to large urban locations. Minorities and immigrants increased these numbers. Factory jobs were readily available for immigrants and as more came to the cities to work, the larger the cities became.

Detailed explanation-2: -Millions of immigrants and struggling farmers arrived in cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Chicago, looking for work and hastening the urbanization of America. By 1900, about 40 percent of Americans lived in major cities. Most cities were unprepared for rapid population growth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Population explosion During the Gilded Age, Americans moved to the urban areas over the course of the late nineteenth century. 11 million people migrated from rural to urban areas and 25 million immigrants moved in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gilded Age was a period of economic growth as the United States jumped to the lead in industrialization ahead of Britain. The nation was rapidly expanding its economy into new areas, especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining.