WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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People began to move from cities to rural areas.
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The urban population began to decline
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The rate of expansion in railroad lines began to drop.
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The population of Americans living in cities increased.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was an important effect of industrialization in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century? People began to move from cities to rural areas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Industrialization, along with great strides in transportation, drove the growth of U.S. cities and a rapidly expanding market economy. It also shaped the development of a large working class in U.S. society, leading eventually to labor struggles and strikes led by working men and women.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Industrialization ushered in a shift from farming to agribusiness. People began moving into urban centers as mechanization and production increased. Urbanization continues as areas go through cycles of economic and social reform.