HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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the size of rural areas increased
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agriculture became less important
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cities had better living conditions
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jobs were located in the cities
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Detailed explanation-1: -Urbanization Begins in the United States “Cities grew because industrial factories required large workforces and workers and their families needed places to live near their jobs. Factories and cities attracted millions of immigrants looking for work and a better life in the United States.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Internal movements from rural areas to urban areas is called urbanization or urban transition.
Detailed explanation-3: -Industrial expansion and population growth radically changed the face of the nation’s cities. Noise, traffic jams, slums, air pollution, and sanitation and health problems became commonplace. Mass transit, in the form of trolleys, cable cars, and subways, was built, and skyscrapers began to dominate city skylines.
Detailed explanation-4: -Manchester was the world’s first industrial city. From its towering mills, bustling warehouses and crowded streets came new ways to live, work and think, which transformed lives in Manchester and across the world.