USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which factor contributed the most to urbanization in the late 1800s?
A
assimilation
B
industrialization
C
imperialism
D
nullification
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A comparative econometric study, finds that economic growth pushed urbanisation, with industrialisation being the most important factor for Europe and agricultural productivity being quite important for the European settled countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The industrialization of the late 19th century brought on rapid urbanization. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Urbanization Begins in the United States “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-4: -Which factor most contributed to the urbanization of the United States during the 1800s? Workers were drawn to industrial areas in the cities, increasing both urbanization and industrialization at the same time.

Detailed explanation-5: -Urbanization proceeded across the period 1600–1800, but accelerated in the first half of the nineteenth century (figure 1a). By 1851 over half the population lived in settlements of 2, 500 or more, peaking at around 80 per cent by the 1890s.

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