WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
ROBBER BARONS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Women
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Immigrants
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Miners
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Farmers
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Detailed explanation-1: -While overpopulation, underemployment, and poor treatment of rural farmers were the primary motivations for immigrants coming from Iceland and China, these groups were also pushed to emigrate by unique environmental conditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which U.S. states have the largest numbers of immigrants? The U.S. states with the most immigrants in 2019 were California (10.6 million), Texas (5 million), Florida (4.5 million), New York (4.4 million), and New Jersey (2.1 million).
Detailed explanation-3: -Immigrants settled mainly in cities in the Northeast and Midwest. The result was rapid urbanization, or growth of cities, in those regions. By 1910, immigrants made up more than half of the populations of 18 major American cities.