USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was one advantage of urbanization for poor workers who migrated to cities in the 1800s?
A
sufficient healthcare
B
clean, safe living arrangements
C
educational opportunities
D
earning high wages with hopes to move to suburbs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What was one advantage of urbanization for poor workers who migrated to cities in the late nineteenth century? They earned wages that enabled them to have a higher standard of living.

Detailed explanation-2: -Owing most of their population growth to the expansion of industry, U.S. cities grew by about 15 million people in the two decades before 1900. Many of those who helped account for the population growth of cities were immigrants arriving from around the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -What were the advantages and disadvantages to city life in the late 1800s? Advantages-opportunities people were given regarding jobs. More opportunity to attend school. Easier to receive the supplies you needed like food.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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