WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Question
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Why did urbanization happen during the Gilded Age?
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People were trying to escape the problems of the cities.
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People wanted to farm more so they moved to urban areas.
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People were escaping tenements and overcrowding in the country.
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So many people needed jobs that they moved to the city for factory work.
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Explanation:
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.
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