WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Americans had fewer forms of outside entertainment in cities than on farms.
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Cities became overcrowded and faced new challenges in providing public services.
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Fewer children attended public schools once their families migrated to urban areas.
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Workers’ families enjoyed more fresh air and cleaner water in cities than in rural areas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Industrial Revolution shifted from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing economy where products were no longer made solely by hand but by machines. This led to increased production and efficiency, lower prices, more goods, improved wages, and migration from rural areas to urban areas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overcrowding in cities due to the large number of people moving to urban settings to be closer to factories. Skilled workers were replaced with low-skilled workers who left agricultural work.
Detailed explanation-3: -Agrarian societies transition into industrial societies when less than half of their population is directly engaged in agricultural production. Such societies started appearing because of the Commercial and Industrial Revolution which can be seen beginning in the Mediterranean city-states from 1000 to 1500 CE.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mechanized farming transformed the American economy. Production was made more efficient as machines reduced the amount of human labor needed on farms. New technologies such as the mechanized assembly line and electric motors made factory production more efficient and allowed for larger industrial plants.